[mapserver-dev] MapServer 6.0.0 source ready for binary package maintainers (was: MapServer 6.0.0 source package ready for testing)

[Daniel Morissette]

This is a heads up to all binary package maintainers that the final 
source package for MapServer 6.0.0 is available at:

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

You can use this source package to prepare your 6.0.0 binaries before 
the official release announcement which is planned for later tonight.

I realize this is short notice, but if your binaries are ready before 
the end of the day today, then please send us a couple of lines to 
include in the release announcement to link to them. I will circulate 
the draft release announcement for review on this list in an hour or two.

Thanks

Daniel

On 11-05-11 02:44 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> 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
>
>


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