MapServer 3.3 problems

[Paul G. Allen]

Not really a bug, more like something I liked about 3.2.x that 3.3 doesn't seem
to do. It seems if a layer is defined in the .map file, but the shapefile does
not exist, MapServer 3.3 bombs with an error message saying it can't open the
shapefile in question. The previous version would simply ignore the layer with
the missing file.

The reason I like it better when MapServer ignores the missing file is that all
my maps will have basically the same data and the same .map file. My .map files
are quite large (a few hundred lines at a minimum). By making a single .map
file, duplicating it, and doing a simple global replace of data file names, I
can quickly create a .map file for all my maps. If any given map does not have
data for any given layer, then the missing data is simply ignored.

Other than that, so far so good. :)

PGA