MapServer 5.0.0 release plan ... and release of beta1

[Gregor Mosheh]

> - MS RFC 19: Added Style and Label attribute binding

What does this mean exactly?


> - MS RFC 29: Added dynamic charting (pie and bar charts)

Hey neat.


> - MS RFC 32: Added support for map rendering using the AGG library for
>   better output quality

Oh yes! Mapserver is excellent, but the graphics could have used 
improvement. This is great news!



> - MS RFC 17: Use dynamic allocation for symbols, layers, classes and styles
>   (got rid of the static limit on the number of instances of each in a map)

Seriously? No more limit in map.h, a truly unlimited number of layers 
and symbols and so on? Boy, this makes my day!



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