[gdal-dev] Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver & GDAL in various Linux repositories

[Frank Warmerdam]

William Kyngesburye wrote:
> The Mapserver download page has links to old Mapping Hacks RPMs, and a 
> really old FGS bundle.
> 
> There's the FWTools, which is supposed to have the latest dev versions 
> of MS and GDAL for almost any 32bit Linux, but I'm not sure I want to 
> put dev versions into a production environment.
> 
> 
> Any other ideas? - custom repositories with more up to date, or 
> consistent across Linux systems, version?  Building from source would 
> only be an option for the more savvy clients.  Maybe something similar 
> to FWTools but with stable versions only?
> 
> I definitely want at least MapServer 5 (though I could live with 4.10 in 
> a pinch).  GDAL version is more flexible, though it would be good to 
> have the newer Python bindings in 1.5.  Other support dependencies are 
> less of a concern (except maybe PROJ).

William,

For system where you can't get reliable pre-made packages, I'd encourage use
of FGS.  It is intended for that role.  There has been a bunch of work recently
to update FGS to more recent versions of the various packages.

FGS could definately benefit from more assistance.

Best regards,
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