I forgot to add two important features present in 6.4: - RFC 101: Add Support for Content Dependant Legend Rendering - Enable librsvg as an alternative to libsvg-cairo for SVG symbol rendering (note that librsvg is GPL, distributors of a librsvg enabled mapserver will need to comply with the GPL)
regards, thomas On 14 August 2013 16:28, thomas bonfort <thomas.bonf...@gmail.com> wrote: > The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the release of MapServer > 6.4.0-beta1. This is the first beta on our way to a final 6.4 release, > that we are targeting for mid-September before FOSS4G. > > This new release introduces a number of new functionalities and a > major change to the build system, using cmake instead of the previous > autoconf. The INSTALL.CMAKE file > (https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/blob/rel-6-4-0-beta1/INSTALL.CMAKE) > should get you started, please bring up any issues you may have if > those instructions need expanding. > > Here is a quick list of RFCs documenting some of the new features or > important changes in 6.4. > > - RFC100: Add support for raster tile index with tiles of mixed SRS > (TILESRS keyword) > - RFC94: Shape Smoothing > - RFC95 : add EXPRESSION {value1,value2,...} support to parser (#4648) > - RFC92: Migration from autotools to cmake (#4617) > - RFC88: Saving MapServer Objects to Strings (#4563) > - RFC90: Enable/Disable Layers in OGC Web Services by IP Lists > - RFC85,89 Added Simplify,SimplityPT and Generalize geomtransform, > implementation of geomtransform at the layer level > - RFC86: Scale-dependant token replacements (#4538) > - Fix symbol scaling for vector symbols with no height (#4497,#3511) > - Implementation of layer masking for WCS coverages (#4469) > - Implementation of offsets on follow labels (#4399) > > (RFCs are available online at http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/) > > The complete changelog is available at > http://mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html > > We have started working on a 6.2 -> 6.4 migration guide. This document > contains important notes on backwards incompatibilities or other > changes required when upgrading to 6.4. > > http://www.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-6.4.0-beta1.tar.gz > > The binary distributions listed in the download page should be updated > with binaries for the new 6.4.0-beta1 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 _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users