[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer 4.10.0 released

[Tyler Mitchell]

FYI - I've added this as a news item to the community site: http://community.osgeo.org/

----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at MAPGEARS.COM>
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2006 11:15 am
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer 4.10.0 released

> The MapServer team is proud to announce the release of MapServer 
> 4.10.0.
> The MapServer 4.10.0 source package can be downloaded from 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current and the various 
> binery 
> distributions should start offering this new release soon.
> 
> MapServer 4.10 introduces the following new features (and much more):
> 
>  - MS RFC 9: Item tag for query templates
>  - MS RFC 11: Support for Curved Labels
>  - MS RFC 13: SOS support
>  - MS RFC 14: Relative Coordinates for INLINE features
>  - MS RFC 16: MapScript WxS Services
>  - MS RFC 18: Encryption of passwords in mapfiles
>  - Web Map Context (WMC) 1.1 support
>  - SLD support in Web Map Context
>  - Mapfile includes
>  - GEOS rewrite to use C API and new methods exposed
> 
> The complete RFC documents are available at 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/
> 
> Of course, this release also brings a large number of small 
> enhancements 
> and bug fixes that didn't deserve their own RFC and aren't listed 
> above. 
> A more complete list of changes/fixes is included in the file 
> HISTORY.TXT in the source package and can also be viewed online at 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/HISTORY.TXT
> 
> A migration guide for users going from MapServer 4.8 (or older) to 
> 4.10 
> is included in the source distribution as MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT and 
> can 
> also be viewed online at 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/migration_guide_48_410
> 
> It is expected that this will be the last 4.x release and the next 
> release should be version 5.0 likely sometimes in the first months 
> of 
> 2007. The 5.0 roadmap will be discussed on the -dev list in the 
> next few 
> weeks.
> 
> And finally, big thanks to everyone who helped make this release 
> possible: developers, doc/website maintainers, testers and other 
> contributors.
> 
> -- The MapServer Team
>