[mapserver-users] [mapserver-dev] MapServer 6.2.0-beta1 release - Please test!

[Angelos Tzotsos]

On 06/29/2012 03:46 PM, thomas bonfort wrote:
> The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of MapServer
> 6.2.0-beta1. This is the first beta on our way to a final 6.2 release
> which is planned here:
>
> https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/MapServer-6.2-Release-Plan
>
> After the 6.0 release which introduced important changes in key
> components of the MapServer core (rendering, query and expressions),
> this 6.2 release focuses on some new features which are summarized
> here:
>
> * RFC 73 : SVG symbology support
> * RFC 75 : INSPIRE view services
> * RFC 76 : XMP Metadata support
> * RFC 77 : Multiple labels or collision-detected symbols per feature
> * RFC 78 : Vector Field rendering
> * RFC 79 : Layer Masks
> * RFC 80 : Multiple font fallback support
> * RFC 81 : Offset labels with leader lines
>
> (RFCs are available online at http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/)
>
> Other notable enhancements include:
>
> * GD support disabled by default. Enable with --with-gd
> * labelcache: speedups and reduced memory usage
> * postgis input: reduced memory usage, better index usage in TIME queries
> * proj: use the unlocked thread free version if proj >= 4.8.0
> * optional fastpath 4326->3857 reprojections
> * libtool builds: make install is now required. the mapserv and shp2img
>    tools now link to a shared libmapserver library
> * python and php mapscript build changes
> * support for ELEVATION and DIM_* WMS dimensions
> * precise symbol placement: ANCHORPOINT
> * support for named group layer
> * basic multi-language support in WMS
> * php mapscript support for php 5.4
>
> We count on you, MapServer power users, to help test the release in
> your respective environments and provide feedback (through the users
> list or github tickets).
>
> There are two notable changes compared to previous MapServer versions:
> * Code and issues migrated have been migrated from trac to github (
> https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver ). If you have not already done
> so, you will need to create a github userid in order to submit tickets
> and patches. Note that all trac tickets have been migrated to github
> under the same ticket ID (that is, e.g.
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/4208 has become
> https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/issues/4208 ). However ticket
> CCs and notifications have not been migrated, so you will need to
> manually enable notifications on tickets you where previously
> following in order to get future updates. You can do this by either
> commenting in the ticket, or clicking the "Notifications for new
> comments on this Issue are off. Enable notifications for this Issue"
> link at the bottom of the ticket page.
> * The build process on unix platforms has changed significantly:
>   * `make install` must be run now at the end of the build process
>   * we now honor the --prefix configure argument, for
> $prefix/lib/libmapserver.so , $prefix/bin/mapserv , etc...
>   * your webserver cgi configuration should point to the *installed*
> version of "mapserv", not the "mapserv" that resides in the source
> directory
>
>
> As usual there is also a large number of additional small enhancements
> and bug fixes. For a complete list see the HISTORY.TXT file at:
>
> https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/blob/branch-6-2/HISTORY.TXT
>
> The source for this release can be downloaded at:
>
>     http://mapserver.org/download.html
> or
>     http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/mapserver-6.2.0-beta1.tar.gz
>
> The binary distributions listed in the download page should be updated
> with binaries for the new 6.2.0-beta1 release in the next couple of days.
>
>
> This is the first of four planned beta releases and if all goes well a
> final release should occur around the beginning of August. The full
> release plan can be viewed at:
>
>   https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/MapServer-6.2-Release-Plan
>
> 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
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Hi all,

6.2beta1 rpm packages for openSUSE are now available here:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=mapserver&project=home%3Atzotsos%3AApplication%3AGeo

happy testing :)

Angelos

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Angelos Tzotsos
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos