MapServer Report 2011
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MapServer
- Contact name: Steve Lime, PSC Chair
Key Accomplishments
- MapServer 6.0 released on May 12, 2011.
- See the Release Announcement for the list of new features and enhancements in this release
- Several releases for older versions tied to bug fixes and security improvements
- Very strong participation in the Montreal Code Sprint in March 2011
- The MapServer project participated 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
- MapServer 6.2 to be release sometime in mid-2012.
- Planned enhancements include:
- ...
- Planned enhancements include:
- Participation in the [[IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2012 | Seattle/IslandWood Code Sprint in February 2012]