[mapserver-dev] Mapserver 5.0.X breaks GetFeatureInfo in ArcGIS9.2

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

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> From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Frank Warmerdam
> Sent: 17 February, 2008 11:14 AM
> To: Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)
> Cc: mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] Mapserver 5.0.X breaks 
> GetFeatureInfo in ArcGIS9.2
> 
> Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > we' ve got another case of where being a strict OGC WMS breaks 
> > interoperability because of a WMS client "misbehaving".
> > 
> > To give you some background:
> > -in ArcGIS 9.1 GetFeatureInfo did not work since ArcGIS did 
> not send 
> > the required LAYERS parameter -in ArcGIS 9.2 GetFeatureInfo 
> worked as 
> > text/plain
> > 
> > Now it turns out that 9.2 does not work against Mapserver 
> 5.0.X, since 
> > it omits the FORMAT parameter in the request and Mapserver 
> checks on 
> > this. I must admit that I find it strange that this parameter is 
> > required for GetFeatureInfo as it makes no sense at all for 
> those requests.
> > 
> > Questions:
> > -does this need RFC-35 to get revived or can we agree on 
> just leaving 
> > out the check for FORMAT in the GetFeatureInfo request (and 
> maybe hint 
> > OGC at removing that as well)?
> 
> Bart,
> 
> I'm ok with relaxing the checking.  If those interested in 
> strict compliance with the specification are not satisfied 
> with this approach then I think we would need to revisit RFC 35.
> 

I'm okay with this for GetFeatureInfo.  Yes, we should communicate w/
OGC in the same way that we did for STYLES=

> > -does this warrant a 5.0.3 release?
> 
> I would think we role this into 5.0 branch and we issue a 
> 5.0.3 release when we have enough fixes to justify it.  You 
> can certainly deploy the changes in your servers sooner than 
> 5.0.3 is issued.
> 
> Best regards,
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