MapServer 5.0.0 released!

[Howard Butler]

I would also like to add a link to the HISTORY document, which shows  
in more detail how impressive and how much work this release was.  It  
is also the place to find out quickly if your pet issue or bug was  
fixed this release.

<http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-0-0/mapserver/ 
HISTORY.TXT>

Great work guys!  See you next week to drink some beers.

Howard

On Sep 17, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:

> The MapServer team is proud to announce the release of MapServer 5.0!
>
> Perhaps the most important new feature in this release is support  
> for map rendering using the Anti-grain Geometry (AGG) graphics  
> library (www.antigrain.com). AGG brings high quality 2-D rendering  
> capabilities to MapServer that will allow users to create maps with  
> vastly improved cartographic quality. Equally important is that  
> using AGG results in a minimal reduction in performance. All  
> symbology supported by the default GD (www.libgd.org) graphics  
> library are also supported using AGG. We are excited about the  
> future possibilities of bringing high-end cartography to on-demand  
> web mapping.
>
> This new version also includes dozens of small bug fixes,  
> enhancements and performance improvements. Among the new features  
> are: style and label attribute attribute binding; lookup table- 
> based raster color correction; dynamic charting (pie and bar);  
> explicit label prioritizing; enhanced debugging and logging;  
> dynamic allocation for layers, classes, styles and symbols;  
> improved memory management and garbage collection for MapScript;  
> numerous improvements to OGC specification support, and lots more.  
> A list of RFCs related to this release is included at the end of  
> this message.
>
> The source code release is available at the usual location on the  
> MapServer site:
>
>   http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current
>
> This page also contains links to binary distributions that will  
> hopefully be updated with 5.0 binaries shortly.
>
> Users of 4.10 and older should review the 5.0 migration guide which  
> documents the changes that must be made to your application when  
> upgrading from MapServer 4.10 to 5.0:
>
>   http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT/
>
> Finally, here is a summary of MapServer 5.0 feature/enhancement  
> with the related RFCs. For more details on a specific item, please  
> refer to the corresponding RFC document at http:// 
> mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc
>
> New features:
> ------------
>
> - MS RFC 19: Added Style and Label attribute binding
>
> - MS RFC 21: Raster Color Correction via color lookup table
>
> - MS RFC 27: Added label priority
>
> - MS RFC 29: Added dynamic charting (pie and bar charts)
>
> - MS RFC 31: New mechanism to load/set objects via URL using  
> mapfile syntax
>
> - MS RFC 32: Added support for map rendering using the AGG library for
>   better output quality
>
>
> Long time issues resolved:
> -------------------------
>
> - 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)
>
> - MS RFC 24: Improved memory management and garbage collection for  
> MapScript
>
> - MS RFC 26: Terminology cleanup (layer transparency renamed to  
> opacity,
>   scale becomes scaledenom, symbol style becomes symbol pattern)
>
> - MS RFC 28: Enhanced the debug/logging mechanism to facilitate
>   troubleshooting and tuning applications. Added support for multiple
>   debug levels and more control on output location.