[mapserver-dev] MapServer 6.0.0-beta7 release

[Daniel Morissette]

The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of MapServer 
6.0.0-beta7. This is the latest beta on our way to a final 6.0 release. 
Once again this beta contains several important fixes and we encourage 
you to test it and continue to provide feedback.

The 6.0 release introduces important changes in key components of the 
MapServer core (rendering, query and expressions), and for this reason 
we count on you, MapServer power users, to help test the release in your 
respective environments and provide feedback (through the users list or 
Trac tickets).

If all goes well, we hope to have a release candidate next week and a 
final 6.0 release around the end of April. The full release plan which 
also includes the list of new features and changes in this release is 
available at:
   http://mapserver.org/trunk/development/release/release-plan-6.0.html

The list of fixes since the last beta is attached at the end of this 
message. For a complete list see the HISTORY.TXT file at:

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-6-0-0-beta7/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT

We have started working on a 5.6 -> 6.0 migration guide. This document 
contains important notes on backwards incompatibilities or other changes 
required when upgrading to 6.0. It is not complete yet but we strongly 
recommend that you review the latest version online at:

     http://mapserver.org/trunk/MIGRATION_GUIDE.html

The source for this release can be downloaded at:

     http://mapserver.org/download.html
or
     http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-6.0.0-beta7.tar.gz

The binary distributions listed in the download page should be updated 
with binaries for the new beta release in the next day or so.

Once again 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


Version 6.0.0-beta7 (2011-04-20)
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- Union Layer: fix for the STYLEITEM AUTO option (#3674)

- Union Layer: Add support for the layer FILTER expressions,
   add "Union:SourceLayerVisible" predefined attribute (#3674)

- fix circle layer drawing for edge case when point1.x==point2.x (#1356)

- fix incorrect quantization for images with very large number of
   colors (#3848)

- fix poor performance of polygon hatching (#3846)

- upgrade clipper library to 4.2 (related to #3846)

- Fix configure output for "WFS Client" (was reporting WMS info, #3842)

- KML: latlon bbox for raster layers could end up being wrong for non-square
   requests (#3840)