MapServer Report 2011

MapServer

 * Contact name: Steve Lime, PSC Chair

Key Accomplishments

 * One major release:
 * MapServer 6.0 released on May 12, 2011. See the Release Announcement for the list of new features and enhancements in this release
 * Several minor releases tied to bug fixes and security improvements:
 * Release of 5.6.6 on January 17, see announcement
 * Release of 6.0.1, 5.6.7 and 4.10.7 with security fixes, see announcement
 * Very strong participation in the Montreal Code Sprint in March 2011
 * Participation in the web mapping server shoot out at FOSS4G 2011.
 * Integration of two new components in the MapServer project, to be included for the first time in the 6.2 release:
 * TinyOWS (formerly at tinyows.org) providing WFS and WFS-T, see also RFC-70
 * MapCache (formerly at Mod-Geocache) providing high performance tile caching and more, see also RFC-71.

Areas for Improvement

 * Keeping documentation up-to-date with development remains a challenge
 * Continue work to attract additional developer talent to the project.
 * Cleanup bug backlog (550+ open bugs), and triage new bugs more effectively.
 * Google Summer of Code: continue to try and attract more students

Opportunities to Help

 * General website, documentation and translations maintenance.
 * New coders always welcome, a good way to start is by contributing bug reports and patches.
 * Experienced users can contribute to the release process by testing the betas and release candidates and reporting their results.

Outlook for 2012

 * Participation in the Seattle/IslandWood Code Sprint in February 2012
 * MapServer 6.2 to be release sometime in mid-2012.
 * Planned enhancements include:
 * see the 6.2 Release Plan