[Mapserver-dev] WMS and LAYERS= vs. STATUS Behaviour

[Daniel Morissette]

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> 
> The issue for WMS client interfaces is that the DEFAULT layers show up 
> in the Capabilities file, and there is no indication that these layers 
> are "special" in any way. The interface thinks you can turn them on or 
> off, so it will give the user buttons to do so. Buttons that will not 
> work. If the DEFAULT layers are considered "backdrop" information, not 
> an alterable layer, maybe they should not be in the capabilities?
> 

Yeah, I've thought of that before too, but I wasn't sure what was best 
between showing them or not. If everybody agrees with hiding the DEFAULT 
layers in capabilities then we could make the change in 4.3 (after 
creating a bug about this).

Daniel
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