[MAPSERVER-USERS] WMS - GetCapabilities and version

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Pål Kristensen
> Sent: 26 February, 2008 3:56 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [MAPSERVER-USERS] WMS - GetCapabilities and version
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I did a build of mapserver nightly this evening and noticed 
> some changed WMS behavior compared to my last build (approx 2 
> months ago). The old build does reply to at GetCapabilities 
> request that misses the version parameter with a version 
> 1.1.1 capabilities xml-file. The new build fails withe an 
> error message that says that the version parameter is 
> missing. According to the WMS 1.1.1 standard version is a 
> mandatory parameter so the new behavior is correct according 
> to the standard. Unfortunately many of the clients around do 
> not comply with the standard, and of course the server gets the blame.
> 
> I guess this issue fall into the ongoing compliance 
> discussion (RFC-35). But what has changed over the last 
> couple of month that introduced this new behavior, and is 
> there some keywords that can be set to achieve the old behavior?

Fixed.  http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2528 Thanks for catching this.

..Tom