Scale does seem to be a FAQ around here and I've experienced confused users in classes and workshops I've taught. So while I (and others) are very used to the mapserver-ish way of doing things it can be a struggle for new folks. Hence the change.
That said, there is mapfile-level backwards compatibility with any of the changes in that RFC and there are no plans to stop recognizing those keywords in the future. I would think for that to happen there would have to be other significant changes that would absolutely break things and I don't see that happening. We tried to get anything with the potential to cause heartburn into the 5.0 release. Steve >>> On 10/3/2007 at 1:20 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Flavio Hendry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Steve > > I was reading the section about "Terminology Cleanup" (MS RFC 26) seeing > that some terms such as MINSCALE will be replaced by ugly terms like > MinScaleDenom ... Someone really being picky about terms there. As there > is no such thing as a scale on screen I'd suggest to call it > PseudoMinScaleDenom to be really finicky about that ;-) ... > > What I however really hope for, is that the old and completely > understandable terms will be supported forever. I am not keen to go and > have to adopt hundreds and hundreds of MapFiles just because someone out > there is picky about terms. And I am sure lots of users out there agree > with me. > > So PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE support the old terms forever as stated as option > in MS RFC 26. Should this become a new RFC? Upwards Compatibility Assurance? > > Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards > Flavio Hendry > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > TYDAC Web-Site: http://www.tydac.ch > TYDAC MapServer: http://www.mapserver.ch > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ############ Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards > ############ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ############ TYDAC AG - http://www.tydac.ch > #### #### Geographic Information Solutions > #### #### Luternauweg 12 -- CH-3006 Bern > ############ Tel +41 (0)31 368 0180 - Fax +41 (0)31 368 1860 > ----------------------------------------------------------------
