Not being on the PSC my "vote" doesn't mean anything, but 7.0 certainly seems like the time to cut the cord on SDE.
Rich On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Lime, Steve D (MNIT) < steve.l...@state.mn.us> wrote: > Looking for a bit broader input on this idea. OGR supports SDE too so > that's another mechanism for users to use SDE with MapServer 7.0 and up... > > Steve > > ________________________________________ > From: mapserver-dev-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [ > mapserver-dev-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Howard Butler [ > how...@hobu.co] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 3:30 PM > To: mapserver-...@lists.osgeo.org Mailing List > Subject: [mapserver-dev] Motion: Retire SDE Support for MapServer 7.0 > > All, > > As the former maintainer and current non-maintainer of the SDE MapServer > driver, I would like to motion that we we retire it from MapServer for the > upcoming release. There are three reasons to consider removal at this time: > > 1) Availability of the ArcSDE SDK is extremely low (can you even get ESRI > to give it to you?) > 2) Viability of direct-database query from PostGIS, Oracle, and SQL Server > have obsoleted SDE > 3) No current MapServer developers have the ability to test any code > changes to the SDE driver. > > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-dev mailing list > mapserver-...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > -- Richard W. Greenwood, PLS www.greenwoodmap.com
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