[mapserver-dev] 5.6.0 release announcement

[Daniel Morissette]

BTW, the download page on the website is not updated with the link to 
5.6.0 yet. I'll wait to update it until we are ready to send the 
announcement.


Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Here is my draft announcement for the 5.6.0 release. Please review and 
> send your changes/suggestions:
> 
> 
> -----------------
> 
> The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of version 5.6.0. 
> This new release contains a few new features and performance 
> enhancements. Here is a quick summary:
> 
> New features in 5.6:
> 
>   * MS RFC 51: XML Mapfile schema and XSLT (see 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/XMLMapfiles)
>   * MS RFC 52: One-pass query processing, making WFS queries on database 
> backends much much faster
>   * MS RFC 55: Improve control of output resolution, allows printing 
> maps at printer resolution using a mapfile defined for screen resolution
>   * MS RFC 57: Labeling enhancements: ability to repeat labels along a 
> line/multiline
> 
> (RFCs are available online at http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/)
> 
> Preview features that will be fully functional only in 6.0:
> 
>   * MS RFC 50: OpenGL Rendering Support
>   * MS RFC 54: Rendering Interface API
> 
> Other notable enhancements include:
> 
>   * Security fixes (also backported to 5.4):
>     * Improved security relative to untrusted directories and mapfiles 
> (RFC 56)
>     * Fixed several security issues found in an audit of the CGI 
> application (#2939, #2941, #2942, #2943, #2944)
>   * Performance optimizations:
>     * Load all GDAL image bands in one pass for faster processing (r9260)
>     * Optimized access to very large shapefiles (#2930)
>   * Several enhancements/fixes to OGC Web Services specs support
>   * Several enhancements/fixes to all flavors of MapScript
> 
> As usual there an a large number of additional small enhancements and 
> bug fixes. For a complete list see the HISTORY.TXT file at:
> 
> 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-6-0/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT 
> 
> 
> A 5.4 -> 5.6 migration guide is also available. It should become part of 
> the official documentation soon, but in the meantime you can view the 
> latest version online at:
> 
> 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/branches/branch-5-6/mapserver/MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT 
> 
> 
> The release source code can be downloaded at:
> 
>   http://mapserver.org/download.html OR
>   http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-5.6.0.tar.gz
> 
> Existing MS4W 3.0 users can upgrade to this MapServer 5.6.0 release by
> following instructions at
> http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=RELEASE_mapserver_ms4w3.x_dev-5.6.0.html 
> 
> 
> Ubuntu Binaries for hardy, jaunty and karmic are also built and 
> available in the unstable PPA of UbuntuGIS:
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntugis-unstable/
> 
> Enjoy! - The MapServer Team
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-- 
Daniel Morissette
http://www.mapgears.com/