[mapserver-dev] Dropping Version Output?

Wed Feb 16 03:39:35 PST 2022

Hi,

If user means here the one who configures MapServer and writes the mapfiles then they can get that info from the binary with "mapserv.exe -v".

-Jukka Rahkonen-

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Lähettäjä: MapServer-dev <mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> Puolesta Jeff McKenna
Lähetetty: keskiviikko 16. helmikuuta 2022 13.27
Vastaanottaja: mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
Aihe: Re: [mapserver-dev] Dropping Version Output?

This is one of the first steps as a user, checking what is actually supported by MapServer, in your installation.  Remember that most do not build MapServer themselves so they have no idea what parts of MapServer is installed.

In fact this version output I'd argue is one of the most used features of MapServer.

-jeff

On 2022-02-15 9:48 p.m., 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
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