[mapserver-users] Update MapServer in demo.mapserver.org?

[Jeff McKenna]

On 2014-05-14, 5:10 AM, Rahkonen Jukka (Tike) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I hope that right persons are reading this list. As a user I appreciate that there is a demo server online so I can try if some troubles we have are specific for us. However, the demo site demo.mapserver.org is running MapServer version 5.6.5 while we run 6.4 and those versions do not behave in a similar way. Could it be possible to update the site to use Mapserver 6.4? Version 5.6.5 is three years old so might be worth considering if updates could happen even more frequently in the future.
> 
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
> 

Hello,

I set up those demo services on demo.mapserver.org several years ago, as
I feel it is very very important for users to see examples (indeed this
demo server is used heavily throughout the OGC docs on the MapServer
site).  I have been maintaining it closely ever since (Apache restarts
etc.).  That site lives on OSGeo's "Adhoc VM", and you can read more
details of it here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_at_AdhocVM and
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AdhocVM

With the OSGeo infrastructure is in sort of changeover mode (see
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Infrastructure_Transition_Plan_2014), I am
hesitant to upgrade any services until the Systems Committee solves that
/ the dust settles.  Maybe you could add to that transition wiki with
your thoughts/needs as well (I already did that earlier, so I encourage
others to do so as well).

But it is great to hear that this demo service is important, I have felt
that way for a long time, I just rarely hear feedback on it.

-jeff



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Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
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