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

[Paul Ramsey]

Some explanation of the what the RFCs *do* would be good, for a
general announcement. Like the one-pass support is in aid of making
WFS queries on database backends much much faster, etc.

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Daniel Morissette
<dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
> Here is my updated announcement that tries to address previous comments.
> (Yes, it's becoming a bit long) Any more comments/suggestions before I go
> ahead and send it?
>
> Daniel
>
>
> ------
>
> The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of the first beta for
> the 5.6.0 release. We have decided to delay the 6.0 release a bit to leave
> some time to stabilize the rendering enhancements that are planned for 6.0,
> and to have a 5.6.0 release this fall which 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
>  * MS RFC 55: Improve control of output 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 is the HISTORY.TXT file at:
>
>  http://svn.osgeo.org/mapserver/tags/rel-5-6-0-beta1/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT
>
> We have started working in a 5.4 -> 5.6 migration guide. It will become part
> of the official documentation soon, but in the meantime you can view some
> draft content online at:
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/trunk/mapserver/MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT
>
> The release can be downloaded at:
>
>  http://mapserver.org/download.html OR
>  http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-5.6.0-beta1.tar.gz
>
> This is the first of three planned beta releases and if all goes well a
> final release should occur on October 24th, the day of the FOSS4G Code
> Sprint in Sydney. The full release plan can be viewed at:
>
>  http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/56ReleasePlan
>
> We need your help to ensure a high quality product so please help out by
> testing your applications with this new code base.
>
> Thanks! - The MapServer Team
>
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