Can anyone email a MapServer cgi binary package for redhat?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Peter Shrock wrote:
> Dear Tara:
> 
> I do not know Linux, However, the approach I wanted to take is valid, if you
> could read Novell's tech paper:
> http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11775.html
> 
> Our MapServer Expert Frank Warmerdam also recommended the same approach. 
> 
> IMHO, this kind of package may be very important for our MapServer community. 
> 
> A few years ago, a friend told me that a student spent three weeks to get
> mapserver installed. I laughed, as I though that should be a 20-minutes work
> (at least it is true for ArcIMS, let alone ArcIMS's comprehensie functions). 
> Now, I have spent two months, and did not get it work. Considering human
> resource cost, MapServer is actually more expensive than ArcIMS. 

Peter,

Have you tried installing ArcIMS with only file upload capability?  I *feel*
that you hamstrung yourself with a hosting scenario that put you at a
substantial disadvantage (no shell access).  I'm reasonably confident that
you would also be doomed installing most proprietary software under
such a scenario.

> Would it make sense for the The annual Free and Open Source Software for
> Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference discuss this in its coming conference?

I'm sure there will be more discussions.  But the "file upload only"
scenario may still not gain much traction.

Best regards,
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