[mapserver-users] MapServer 6.0.0-beta3 release

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi all,

Packages of beta 3 for openSUSE are up:

http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=mapserver&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.4&lang=en&include_home=true&exclude_debug=true

Regards,
Angelos

On 03/23/2011 11:45 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of MapServer 
> 6.0.0-beta3. This is the latest beta on our way to a final 6.0 
> release. We realize that it comes only 5 days after beta2, but it also 
> contains several important fixes and we encourage you to test it and 
> continue to provide feedback.
>
> The 6.0 release introduces important changes in key components of the 
> MapServer core (rendering, query and expressions), and for this reason 
> we count on you, MapServer power users, to help test the release in 
> your respective environments and provide feedback (through the users 
> list or Trac tickets).
>
> This is the third of four planned beta releases and if all goes well a 
> final release should occur around the end of April. The full release 
> plan which also includes the list of new features and changes in this 
> release is available at:
>   http://mapserver.org/trunk/development/release/release-plan-6.0.html
>
> The list of fixes since beta1 is attached at the end of this message. 
> For a complete list see the HISTORY.TXT file at:
>
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-6-0-0-beta3/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT 
>
>
> We have started working on a 5.6 -> 6.0 migration guide. This document 
> contains important notes on backwards incompatibilities or other 
> changes required when upgrading to 6.0. It is not complete yet but we 
> strongly recommend that you review the latest version online at:
>
>     http://mapserver.org/trunk/MIGRATION_GUIDE.html
>
> The source for this release can be downloaded at:
>
>     http://mapserver.org/download.html
> or
>     http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-6.0.0-beta3.tar.gz
>
> The binary distributions listed in the download page should be updated 
> with binaries for the new beta release in the next day or so.
>
> Once again we need your help to ensure a high quality product, so 
> please help out by testing your applications with this new code base.
>
> Thanks! - The MapServer Team
>
>
> Version 6.0.0-beta3 (2011-03-23)
> --------------------------------
>
> - apply min/max size/width style values to polygon spacing (vaguely 
> related
>   to #3132)
>
> - assure that a created tile has a non-zero width and height (#3370)
>
> - use png_sig_cmp instead of png_check_sig (#3762)
>
> - Rendering: scale style OFFSET and GAP the same way we scale other style
>   attributes. Beforehand, we scaled them proportionaly to the computed 
> width.
>
> - KML: fix rounding problem for point feautres (#3767)
>
> - KML: update code to reflect output changes. Fix true type symbols. 
> (#3766)
>
> - SLD: Text Symbolizer now uses the new expression syntax (#3757)
>
> - WFS: correct bbox values for GetFeature with featureid request (#3761)
>
> - Mapscript Seg Fault on mapObj->getMetaData (#3738)
>
> - Correct double free in msCleanup().
>
> - Initialize default formats in WCS.
>
> - Fix csharp Makefile.in (#3758)
>
> - Allow run-time subs in class->text (makes sense if you allow it in
>   class->expression).
>
> - Fix build problem when --enable-cgi-cl-debug-args is enabled (#2853)
>
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-- 
Angelos Tzotsos
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos