Greetings MapServer User! This message is to inform you about some project changes being considered by the MapServer project steering committee (PSC). Specifically we are looking to expand the functionality offered by the project by integrating a couple of external projects. The projects under consideration are:
-- TinyOWS - http://tinyows.org/ for PostGIS-based WFS-T -- MapCache (currently named mod-geocache) - http://code.google.com/p/mod-geocache/ for tile cache support Both projects have close ties to MapServer and add important capabilities. At this point integration means merging project governance, communications (mailing list/website), change management (SVN) and issue tracking (Trac). As a MapServer user you probably won't notice much of a difference since we'd continue to use MapServer infrastructure. You will start to see questions related to these new components on the mapserver mailing lists (-users, -dev) and we hope folks will take advantage of these new features if the need exists. For more detail on the proposed integration visit: -- http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-70.html -- http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-71.html The next significant MapServer release would be dubbed "MapServer Suite" and would contain all project components, that is, MapServer CGI, MapServer MapScript, MapServer TinyOWS and MapServer MapCache. The PSC is excited about the possibilities for the project and our users, and welcome any comments, questions or concerns regarding these proposed changes. Users interested in following or participating in MapServer development are encouraged to join the mapserver-dev mailing list. Steve Chair, MapServer PSC _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
