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

[Stephan Meißl]

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+1
Stephan


On 11/21/2015 10:41 AM, thomas bonfort wrote:
> 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 f
or
>> 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 o
f map
>> file CLASS blocks will have their labels cut off with no way to modif
y this
>> behavior. There aren't many use cases where partial labels are desire
d, 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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