[mapserver-dev] MapServer 6.0.0 source package ready for testing (was: Ready for the final 6.0.0 release)

[Daniel Morissette]

Hi again,

Following up on my previous email, I want to inform you that the 6.0.0 
source package is available for testing at

   http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-6.0.0-rc3.tar.gz

I'd invite the binary package maintainers (and other interested parties) 
to test it in preparation for tomorrow's official release, and to report 
blocker issues ASAP.

The file is named with a "rc3" suffix, but internally it is really 
tagged as the 6.0.0 release. (I used the rc3 suffix to produce a unique 
filename just in case a blocker problem would be reported in the next 24 
hrs forcing us to withdraw the file and regenerate it).

If no blocker is reported then this source package will be renamed 
mapserver-6.0.0.tar.gz tomorrow and that will become the official release.

Daniel

On 11-05-11 02:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Hi Devs, PSC,
>
> The short version:
>
> I think (as release manager) that we're finally ready for the long
> awaited official release of MapServer 6.0.0. So unless I hear objections
> in the next 24 hours, the new 6.0.0 release will be announced tomorrow.
>
> The long version:
>
> We had a solid 6.0.0-rc2, and since then only two sets of fixes in very
> localized areas of the code had to be made: the first set in the
> UNION/CLUSTER code, and the second one related to the creation of
> semi-transparent legend icons.
>
> Given the amount of new and refactored code in this release, there are
> no doubts that there are still bugs that will be uncovered after the
> release once users really start testing it, and we should be ready to
> address them and issue a few quick 6.0.x releases in the coming weeks.
>
> However I think that it's time to let the release go, even if it's not
> perfect (it will never be, we could continue to do betas/rcs for
> months). So unless I hear objections in the next 24 hours, the new 6.0.0
> release will be announced tomorrow.
>
> I will package the code this afternoon so that binary distribution
> maintainers can test it, and will circulate a draft announcement later
> today or tomorrow for your review.
>
> Thanks to all for your hard work on this in the last several months
> (some of the 6.0 work started over a year ago!).
>
> Daniel


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Daniel Morissette
http://www.mapgears.com/
Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000