[mapserver-dev] 5.6.0 release announcement

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

I agree on OpenGL, it's not preview ready. The rest of the announcement is cool...

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of thomas bonfort
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:58 AM
To: Daniel Morissette
Cc: MapServer Dev Mailing List
Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] 5.6.0 release announcement

daniel,
we should not adevertise the opengl rendering, even in a preview
state. it is not even compilable.

rgards,
thomas

On 09/12/2009, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com> 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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