[mapserver-dev] Version 6.0 release plan...

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Steve Lime wrote:
> Hi all: We've talked about releasing just before the conference in October and that's coming up
> fast. A plan needs to be place soon, very soon. I created a skeletal version on the trac wiki a
> while back:
> 
>   http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/60ReleasePlan
> 
> What's really unknown is what folks are planning to add. Thomas has the output API in trunk
> and the single-pass query stuff basically works in the sandbox but hasn't been merged. There
> were lots of other topics dicussed at the sprint etc... that I don't know the status of:
> 
>   - OpenGL support - RFC
> 
>   - raster drawing improvements - from code sprint
> 
>   - new method of configuring WxS services (OGC/WXS block?) - from code sprint
> 
>   - XML mapfile (schema and stylesheet to go from xml to map) - from code sprint
> 
>   - support for references (e.g. sharing styles or label defs across objects) - from code sprint
> 
>   - more graphics enhancements (moving things like GAP, PATTERN to styles, etc...) - RFC
> 
> Others?
> 
> We'd need a feature freeze in mid-August I figure. Thoughts?

I think Thomas did some work on an AGG fork in sandbox/aggfork/, there 
was a lot of positive feedback on this idea.

-Steve W