[mapserver-dev] MapServer 5.6.0-beta1 today...

Jeff McKenna jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Thu Sep 24 15:11:54 EDT 2009


Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Steve Lime wrote:
>> I guess I'd vote for simplicity and go for 5.4 -> 5.6 only but could 
>> live with keeping the old stuff.
>> Perhaps we should have version specific migration guides and just add 
>> a new one with each
>> release, e.g.:
>>
>>   MIGRATION_GUIDE_54_TO_56.TXT
>>   MIGRATION_GUIDE_52_TO_54.TXT
>>   ...
>>
> 
> My main concern with this is the accumulation of those files over time. 
> Maybe the migration guide should move out of the source tree and become 
> part of official docs anyway?
> 
> For now, I have added some contents to the current file in trunk so that 
> we can move on with the beta release announcement, with the 
> understanding that we will try to find a better solution before the 
> final release:
> 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/trunk/mapserver/MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT
> 
> So please keep the suggestions coming. Jeff: what would you think of 
> moving migration guides for various releases to the official docs?
> 
> Daniel

Should be fairly easy, since the guides are in RST format anyway.  When 
do you want this done by?  Is it ok if i do this tonight?  Sound good? 
(running out the door shortly)

-jeff



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