[ms4w-users] MS4W 3.0 beta1 available for testing and feedback

[Jeff McKenna]

MS4W 3.0 beta1 is available for testing: 
http://www.maptools.org/dl/ms4w/ms4w_3.0_beta1.zip (35MB)

A lot of changes are to occur in this release, so I ask that everyone 
gives this a try, and if you find any problems please file a bug in the
the bug tracker, noting the beta1 version in your summary (login or 
create an account at: 
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/query.cgi?GoAheadAndLogIn=1).

I don't recommend beta1 for production systems.

Here is the log of the changes in this beta:

         - upgraded MapServer and MapScript to 5.4.0 release
         - upgraded GDAL to svn-04272009 (bug 1977)
         - upgraded Apache to 2.2.11 (bug 2008)
         - upgraded PHP to 5.3.0-rc2 (bug 1976)
         - built all dependencies with MSVC 2008 compiler
         - upgraded to png 1.2.35 support for GDAL and MapServer (bug#1625)
         - upgraded to tiff-cvs-04152009 support for GDAL
         - upgraded to geotiff 1.2.5 support for GDAL
         - upgraded to xerces 3.0.1 support for GDAL
         - upgraded to hdf5 1.8.2 support for GDAL
         - upgraded to mrsid SDK 7.0.0.2181 support for GDAL
         - upgraded to postgresql 8.3.7 support for GDAL and MapServer
         - upgraded to mysql 5.1.34 support for GDAL
         - upgraded to fits 3.14 support for GDAL
         - upgraded to proj svn-04222009 support for GDAL and MapServer 
(bug#2018)
         - added openssql 0.9.8k support to libcurl build for GDAL and 
MapServer (bug#1762)
         - upgraded to libcurl 7.19.4 support for GDAL  and MapServer 
(bug#1762)
         - upgraded to geos 3.1.0 support for GDAL  and MapServer 
(bug#2025)
         - upgraded to swig 1.3.39 support for GDAL  and MapServer
         - upgraded to python 2.6.2 support for GDAL  and MapServer
         - upgraded to freetype 2.3.9 support for MapServer
         - upgraded to pdflib-lite 7.0.4pl support for GDAL  and 
MapServer
         - upgraded to libxml 2.7.3 support for MapServer
         - removed ecw support from GDAL build (bug#2037)
         - removed demtools because of new gdaldem utility in GDAL
         - upgraded to oracle 11g support for GDAL and MapServer

If you have questions about one of those changes, if there is an 
associated bug number then please join in the discussions on that ticket 
in the bug tracker.

For your reference, the release is being tracked here, if you would like 
to follow all updates: http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034

Thanks.

-jeff

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Jeff McKenna
FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/