[mapserver-users] MapServer 6.4.0-beta1 release - Please test!

[thomas bonfort]

I forgot to add two important features present in 6.4:

- RFC 101: Add Support for Content Dependant Legend Rendering
- Enable librsvg as an alternative to libsvg-cairo for SVG symbol
rendering (note that librsvg is GPL, distributors of a librsvg enabled
mapserver will need to comply with the GPL)

regards,
thomas

On 14 August 2013 16:28, thomas bonfort <thomas.bonfort at gmail.com> wrote:
> The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of MapServer
> 6.4.0-beta1. This is the first beta on our way to a final 6.4 release,
> that we are targeting for mid-September before FOSS4G.
>
> This new release introduces a number of new functionalities and a
> major change to the build system, using cmake instead of the previous
> autoconf. The INSTALL.CMAKE file
> (https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/blob/rel-6-4-0-beta1/INSTALL.CMAKE)
> should get you started, please bring up any issues you may have if
> those instructions need expanding.
>
> Here is a quick list of RFCs documenting some of the new features or
> important changes in 6.4.
>
> - RFC100: Add support for raster tile index with tiles of mixed SRS
> (TILESRS keyword)
> - RFC94: Shape Smoothing
> - RFC95 : add EXPRESSION {value1,value2,...} support to parser (#4648)
> - RFC92: Migration from autotools to cmake (#4617)
> - RFC88: Saving MapServer Objects to Strings (#4563)
> - RFC90: Enable/Disable Layers in OGC Web Services by IP Lists
> - RFC85,89 Added Simplify,SimplityPT and Generalize geomtransform,
> implementation of geomtransform at the layer level
> - RFC86: Scale-dependant token replacements (#4538)
> - Fix symbol scaling for vector symbols with no height (#4497,#3511)
> - Implementation of layer masking for WCS coverages (#4469)
> - Implementation of offsets on follow labels (#4399)
>
> (RFCs are available online at http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/)
>
> The complete changelog is available at
> http://mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html
>
> We have started working on a 6.2 -> 6.4 migration guide. This document
> contains important notes on backwards incompatibilities or other
> changes required when upgrading to 6.4.
>
> http://www.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-6.4.0-beta1.tar.gz
>
> The binary distributions listed in the download page should be updated
> with binaries for the new 6.4.0-beta1 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