[OSGeo-Discuss] Mapbender version 4.0.0 released 2024-06-26

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

June 26, 2024
see news item 
https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/mapbender-version-4-0-0-released-2024-06-26/

The Mapbender development team has released Mapbender version 4.0.0 on 
26 June 2024. Thanks a lot to all people involved.

The new version is a major release with numerous new features, a revised 
design and bug fixes.
Existing Mapbender installations can be updated to version 4.0.0 without 
any problems.

The built package can be found at [1] and the version 4.0.0 tag at [2].


New features of version 4.0.0
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For an overview of the new features, we would like to refer you to the 
detailed Visual Changlog News [4]
The changelog also provides a complete overview of the changes [5].

Docker
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Docker integration has been added see PR125 [6]. The Mapbender project 
now also provides dockerHub images [7].
The documentation for Docker can be found at [8].


Documentation
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The documentation is also currently being updated to version 4. It can 
be found at [9].

Switching to the new version
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PHP 8.1 is now the oldest supported PHP version. PHP 8.2 and PHP 8.3 are 
fully supported.
An update from 3.3.x to version 4.0.0 is possible. However, there are a 
few steps to follow.
It is therefore essential that you read the document UPGRADING.md [10].

The migration guide in the documentation contains additional information 
on updating to new versions [11]

All other important information as well as links to the download and 
documentation can be found on the Mapbender website [12].

The Mapbender team

Find out more about Mapbender at [12].

About OSGeo
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The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) [13] is a non-profit 
organization dedicated to the development and promotion of open-source 
geospatial technologies and data. OSGeo serves as an umbrella 
organization for the collaborative development of open source geospatial 
software, and provides financial, organizational, and legal support to 
the broader geospatial community.

[1] https://mapbender.org/builds/4.0.0/

[2] https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender-starter/releases/tag/v4.0.0

[3] Visual Changelog german 
https://mapbender.org/aktuelles/details/mapbender-version-400-veroeffentlicht/

[4] Visual Changelog english 
https://mapbender.org/aktuelles/details/mapbender-version-400-released/

[5] 
https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender-starter/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md

[6] https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender-starter/pull/125

[7] https://hub.docker.com/r/mapbender/mapbender/tags

[8] 
https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender-starter/blob/develop/README.md#docker

[9] https://doc.mapbender.org/

[10] 
https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender/blob/master/docs/UPGRADING.md

[11] https://doc.mapbender.org/en/installation/migration.html

[12] https://doc.mapbender.org/

[13] https://www.osgeo.org