[MapServer-dev] MapServer 8.2 Release Plan

[Björn Harrtell]

Agreed, I just had some left over time to update the PR to merge with main
to avoid further bit rot. There is quite a bit of work left before it's
ready for any serious use.

Den fre 29 mars 2024 kl 11:06 skrev Seth G via MapServer-dev <
mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org>:

> Thanks Thomas for reviewing the current state of the pull request. Looks
> like it may end up be an experimental renderer for in a future release.
>
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> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, at 11:26 AM, thomas bonfort wrote:
>
> I had a look at the skia PR. Even apart from the fact that it is 50 to 80%
> slower than agg, I'd say there's less than 5% on the features ready for it
> to be feature-equal with today's agg and cairo backend (basically only flat
> polygons and simple lines are implemented, all the rest (labelling,
> symbology etc) is not touched. Not waiting on it for 8.2 is a no-brainer.
> regards,
> TB
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 1:56 AM Lime, Steve D (MNIT) via MapServer-dev <
> mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
> +1 on a feature-freeze for 8.2 - did we hit all the feature targets?
>
> I'm also find with waiting on the Skia renderer.
>
> --Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MapServer-dev <mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of
> Seth G via MapServer-dev
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 4:04 PM
> To: MapServer Devs <mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [MapServer-dev] MapServer 8.2 Release Plan
>
> +1 on a feature-freeze for 8.2.
>
> A new renderer will need tests/docs so would push things out, plus it
> would be a good feature to drive an 8.4 release (assuming development is
> completed).
>
> Seth
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, at 8:59 PM, Jeff McKenna via MapServer-dev wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > There has been so much activity lately, that it seemed better to wait
> > until the changes were completed/committed.  I haven't started the
> > release candidates process for that reason.  I am going to also
> > include a MapCache release during this same effort.  (it's great to
> > see Bjorn's efforts, I've been watching closely, thanks again Bjorn!!)
> >
> > I guess the big question is, are we all ok with starting a
> > feature-freeze as of now?
> >
> > -jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2024-03-27 4:24 p.m., Seth G via MapServer-dev wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm assuming the release date for 8.2 won't be the end of March date
> listed in the wiki at [1].
> >> The Skia Renderer pull request that had a few updates this week [2] -
> are we planning to wait for this for the 8.2 release? Has anyone been in
> contact with Bjorn about it?
> >>
> >> Seth
>
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