[MapServer-dev] 8.6.0 release plan

[Tom Kralidis]

Thanks Seth.  RE: deprecation, we should also consider WMS Context
(anything < 1.1.0), and communicate as part of the survey to
mapserver-users.

Thanks

..Tom



On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM Seth G via MapServer-dev
<mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks Jeff.
> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7360 was the last feature I had planned for the 8.6 release. I have a few other bug fixes that require tests that I might try and get into the beta.
>
> One item that we discussed at the codesprint was deprecating features, with a view to removing them in a future 9.0 release. Possible suggestions included:
>
> - XML Mapfile support (the .xsd is very out-of-date)
> - SOS support
> - Some CGI modes
> - Native KML output
> - The JS V8 support (no-one has been able to compile this since ~2016)
>
> Are you aware of any usage of the above? It was suggested that a survey be sent to the mapserver-users list.
>
> Seth
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> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025, at 1:30 PM, Jeff McKenna via MapServer-dev wrote:
> > Hi devs,
> >
> > Sorry for the last minute notice (I had edited the release plan page
> > with these dates, but not shared it through email), here is the proposed
> > release schedule for 8.6.0  :
> >
> >
> >      Feature freeze: Fri. Oct 10, 2025
> >      8.6-beta1: Fri. Oct 17, 2025
> >      8.6-rc1: Fri. Oct 24, 2025
> >      8.6 (final): Fri. Oct 31, 2025
> >
> > If you feel these dates need to be delayed, as you are working hard on
> > something, let me know. (but it seems that it is good timing)
> >
> > thanks everyone, and have a nice weekend,
> >
> > -jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
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