[mapserver-dev] Request to change default value of label->partials in next release

[thomas bonfort]

For context, see https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/issues/5198.
If we set label->partials to false by default, then it would not be
possible to set it back to true through SLD.

Motion: For MapServer 7.2, set LABEL->PARTIALS to false by default
instead of true, with a note added about this in the migration guide.

+1 Thomas

On 20 November 2015 at 20:53, John Morton <jmorton at ldeo.columbia.edu> wrote:
> It makes sense in general for the label->partials value to be set to false
> by default in map files. For WMS, PARTIALS FALSE is always required for
> proper display in a tiled map, which I'm assuming represents the vast
> majority of WMS GetMap requests. Also, since SLD provides no elements for
> toggling off partial labels, any tiled maps styled with SLD instead of map
> file CLASS blocks will have their labels cut off with no way to modify this
> behavior. There aren't many use cases where partial labels are desired, so
> they should probably be the exception rather than the rule.
>
> John Morton
> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
> jmorton at ldeo.columbia.edu
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