UbuntuGIS MapServer packages have been updated for the beta2 release. Alan
On March 18, 2011 03:48:25 pm Daniel Morissette wrote: > Thanks to the hard work from everyone during the Montreal Code Sprint > this week (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011), the > MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of MapServer > 6.0.0-beta2. This is the latest beta on our way to a final 6.0 release, > and includes a large number of fixes made during the Montreal Code Sprint. > > The 6.0 release introduces important changes in key components of the > MapServer core (rendering, query and expressions), and for this reason > we count on you, MapServer power users, to help test the release in your > respective environments and provide feedback (through the users list or > Trac tickets). > > This is the second of four planned beta releases and if all goes well a > final release should occur around the end of April. The full release > plan which also includes the list of new features and changes in this > release is available at: > http://mapserver.org/trunk/development/release/release-plan-6.0.html > > The list of fixes since beta1 is attached at the end of this message. > For a complete list see the HISTORY.TXT file at: > > > http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-6-0-0-beta2/mapserver/HIST > ORY.TXT > > We have started working on a 5.6 -> 6.0 migration guide. This document > contains important notes on backwards incompatibilities or other changes > required when upgrading to 6.0. It is not complete yet but we strongly > recommend that you review the latest version online at: > > http://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-6.0.0-beta2.tar.gz > > The binary distributions listed in the download page should be updated > with binaries for the new beta 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 > > > Version 6.0.0-beta2 (2011-03-18) > -------------------------------- > > - correct scaling of symbol GAP and PATTERN (#3752) > > - remove references to SWF/MING > > - CGI runtime substitution requires a validation pattern (was optional > before) (#3522) > > - add a default png8 outputformat that uses AGG/PNG with quantization > > - change MS_INIT_COLOR to take alpha as a parameter > > - stop using style->opacity in rendering code, use alpha from colorObjs. > > - Fixed big Oracle memory leak when rendering in KML (#3719) > > - avoid linking in postgres dependencies unnecessarily (#3708) > > - don't initialize outputformats until they are selected > > - use "seamless" creation of tiles for polygon fills with vector symbols > > - Ability to escape single/double quotes inside a string (#3706) > > - Globally replace msCaseFindSubstring with strcasestr (#3255) > > - support GROUP layers in shp2img (#3746) > > - Honour MAXSIZE for WCS 2.0 responses (#3204). > > - fallback to ows_title for WCS ows:Title of CoverageDescription (#3528) > > - Added msIO_stripStdoutBufferContentHeaders() to strip off all > Content-* headers from a buffer (#3673, #3665). > > - Added raster classification support for STYLE level OPACITY. > > - Allow attribute references, that is [itemname], within a TEXT string > (#3736) > > - Fixed segmentation fault when parsing invalid extent arguments in > shp2img (#3734) > > - Make "openlayers mode" work even without OWS support (#3732) > > - Add a static table to define the axis order for soem epsg codes (#3582) > > - Add possibility to use KML_NAME_ITEM (#3728) > > - Fixed mapfile parsing error when a label angle referenced an attribute > (e.g. ANGLE [angle]) #3727 > > - Removed executable flag on some source files (#3726) > > - Fixed SQL Spatial to be able to use UniqueIdentifier field as unique > key (#3722) > > - Fix PHP Windows build (#3714) > > - Fixed --with-opengl build issue: Look for OpenGL libs under /usr/lib64 as > well (#3724) > > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev _______________________________________________ UbuntuGIS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki
