[MS4W-Users] MS4W 3.0 beta5 available for testing and feedback

[Jeff McKenna]

MS4W 3.0 beta5 is available for testing:
http://www.maptools.org/dl/ms4w/ms4w_3.0_beta5.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 beta5 version in your summary (login or
create an account at:
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/query.cgi?GoAheadAndLogIn=1).


Here is the log of the changes:

BETA5
=====

           - upgraded MapServer and MapScript to 5.4.2 release
           - upgraded PHP to 5.3.0 (ticket 2075)
           - rebuilt PHP with dbase support (ticket 2077)
           - modified Curl certificates bundle (ticket 1762)
           - modified php.ini settings for ka-Map package (ticket 2049)
           - added SDE note in README_INSTALL (ticket 2076)


BETA4
=====

           - added notes for FastCGI with Oracle in README_INSTALL.html
             (ticket 2074)
           - added Curl certificates bundle (ticket 1762)
           - rebuilt SDE MapServer plugins (ticket 2072)
           - removed DEM Utilities (ticket 2070)

BETA3
=====

           - upgraded MapServer and MapScript to 5.4.1 release
           - upgraded GDAL to svn-06232009
           - upgraded to geos 3.1-branch svn-06232009 (bug 2044)
           - upgraded to Oracle 11g support for GDAL and MapServer
           - rebuilt SDE plugins for beta release


BETA2
=====

             - use Apache binaries from ApacheLounge (bug 2039)

BETA1
=====

             - 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


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