MapServer Report 2012
IMPORTANT: This is a work in progress. Needs more editing, not ready for publishing.
MapServer
- Contact name: Steve Lime, PSC Chair
Key Accomplishments
- One major release:
- MapServer 6.2 released on November 14, 2012. 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 x.y.z on mmm dd, see announcement
- Release of x.y.z+1 ...
- Participation in the Seattle/IslandWood Code Sprint in February 2012
- ??Migration from Trac/SVN to GitHub??
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 2013
- Participation in the Boston Code Sprint in March 2013
- MapServer 6.4 to be release sometime in 2013.
- Planned enhancements include:
- see the 6.4 Release Plan
- Planned enhancements include: