[mapserver-dev] Label positioning around points

[Stephen Woodbridge]

I agree with Steve L on this that it is too late in the release cycle to 
make changes for something that is not release critical. This is clearly 
a preference issue, albeit a strong preference for some of us, even 
given the literature. I was in favor of user defined preferences which I 
believe is the long term way to go. And as Steve L point out it is a 
simple hack to revert or change this.

I'm sorry you were not part of the original discussion as more input is 
always better.

-Steve W (with a bias for the way it is now)

On 9/21/2012 11:55 AM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
> I don't know that I'd even support reverting at this point since all
> the regression tests use the current settings. There's been a ticket
> regarding user setting of these params for a few years, I think I
> even created it, just not enough interest or energy to make it
> happen. IMHO it's not a giant deal, probably could just use
> processing directive to specify the order based on feature type.
>
> So, short term just hack the source to change the order. It's very
> localized.
>
> Long term, figure out how to support user defined orders.
>
> Steve
>
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> [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
> Morissette Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 10:41 AM To:
> mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] Label
> positioning around points
>
> On 12-09-21 11:34 AM, Christy Nieman wrote:
>> I suppose then this brings back possibly having a user-defined
>> "Auto" order?
>>
>
> Correct, but IMO it's too late to add configurable order in 6.2, and
> this will require a champion with interest/time/funding to make it
> happen in a future release.
>
> The only thing we can safely do at this time for 6.2 is revert to
> the 6.0 order *if* there is general agreement that the new order is
> wrong and/or in the interest of maintaining backwards compatibility.
> But even dong that is kind of late since those who tested the betas
> were using the new order.
>
>
> -- Daniel Morissette http://www.mapgears.com/ Provider of
> Professional MapServer Support since 2000
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