[mapserver-dev] [mapserver-users] RFC99: Remove GD support in 7.0

[Stephen Woodbridge]

On 6/7/2013 9:27 AM, thomas bonfort wrote:
> Devs and Users,
>
> Please have a look at RFC99
> (http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-99.html). I am particularly
> interested in use-cases that would not be supported if GD were to be
> removed.

Thomas,

+1 I am all for moving forward with this proposal.

The only use case that I can think of for GD renders was to generate 
unaliased vector rendering for transparent images because the image size 
was significantly smaller. I'm not aware if this is still needed or who 
was using it for that matter.

Regardless, those people always have the option of remaining on an old 
version of mapserver and potentially contracting for fixes if they 
decide they need them.

-Steve W