[mapguide-users] MapGuide Open Source 2.0.2 released

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jason Birch wrote:
> Yes, that would be great.
> 
> I volunteered to take the lead on this one a couple PSC meetings ago,
> and am still enthusiastic but haven't been able to free up the cycles
> yet.  Once I get some bare-bones stuff put together, maybe I'll put in a
> request for SVN access so that others can collaborate.
> 
> I had a look at the Cygwin installer for OSGeo4W, but those .cc files
> scare me :)  I do have some concerns about versions.  FDO and MapGuide
> are pretty conservative with versions of external packages such as
> PROJ.4, GDAL, Apache, etc.  I'm wondering if these version
> incompatibilities are going to rear their ugly heads during integration
> with OSGeo4W.

Jason,

First, note that packaging for OSGeo4W does not involve any need to
modify the installer program.  All you do is package .tar.bz2 files
with the stuff to install, write a "setup.hint" text file declaring
dependencies, and include post install actions in your .tar.bz2 file
as a .bat file.

OSGeo4W is currently using PROJ 4.6.x and GDAL 1.5.2.  It also already
includes a packaged Apache, Java and PHP.

It is possible to package copies of some of these things for MapGuide
if it helps expedite things, but the long term goal would be to share
as many underlying components as possible rather than including copies
in a specific package like MapGuide.

I *believe* that MapGuide is not really so sensitive to PROJ.4 and
GDAL versions as it thinks it is. :-)  I wouldn't be surprised if
it is more sensitive with regard to Java, PHP and Apache.

Best regards,
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