[mapserver-dev] Dropping Version Output?

[Bruno Friedmann]

On mercredi, 16 février 2022 02.48:48 h CET Steve Lime wrote:
> What do folks think about dropping the version output from MapServer? That
> is, output like:
> 
> <!-- MapServer version 7.6.4 OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG SUPPORTS=PROJ
> SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=CAIRO SUPPORTS=ICONV
> SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER
> SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=GEOS SUPPORTS=POINT_Z_M SUPPORTS=PBF
> INPUT=JPEG INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE -->
> I'm not sure that advertising version and supported components makes sense
> anymore. Might be able to make it tunable via the config file but I'm not
> sure that's even necessary.
> 
> --Steve

Isn't those component describing the included at compile time.
This signature is then "essential" for helping people trying to do something 
with a binary that perhaps is missing the feature, or what would be the way to 
determine it ?

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