MapServer Project Update - 2007 Q1 - Revision history

Wiki-Dmorissette: /* Statistics */

2007-04-04T13:14:00Z

Statistics

Wiki-Dmorissette: /* Statistics */

2007-04-03T20:27:35Z

Statistics

Wiki-Dmorissette: /* Statistics */

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Statistics

Tomkralidis: /* Future development - MapServer 5.0 */

2007-04-03T17:51:21Z

Future development - MapServer 5.0

Wiki-Dmorissette: /* Future development - MapServer 5.0 */

2007-04-03T17:41:25Z

Future development - MapServer 5.0

Wiki-Dmorissette: /* Statistics */

2007-04-03T17:40:58Z

Statistics

Wiki-Dmorissette: /* Future development */

2007-04-03T17:40:04Z

Future development

Wiki-Dmorissette at 17:39, 3 April 2007

2007-04-03T17:39:35Z

Wiki-Dmorissette: /* Future development */

2007-04-03T17:13:25Z

Future development

Wiki-Dmorissette: /* Statistics */

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 ** Number of subscribers: 2344
 ** Number of countries represented: 67 (In all continents but Antarctica)
-** Number of posts per month: 500 (approx.)
+** Number of posts per month: 415 (average for Jan-Mar 2007)
 * Also take a look at MapServer Development statistics at [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3692 Ohloh]. Here are some excerpts:
 ** '''27 developers''': " Over the past twelve months, 12 developers contributed new code to MapServer. This is a relatively large team, putting this project among the top 5% of all project teams on Ohloh. For this measurement, Ohloh considered only recent changes to the code. Over the entire history of the project, 27 developers have contributed."
 ** '''Mature, well-established codebase''': "The first lines of source code were added to MapServer in 2000. This is a relatively long time for an open source project to stay active, and can be a very good sign.<br> A long source control history like this one shows that the project has enough merit to hold contributors's interest for a long time. It might indicate a mature and relatively bug-free code base, and can be a sign of an organized, dedicated development team."<br> '''Note:''' The source code for MapServer is actually older than the source control history. The project started around 1996 but started using CVS only in 2000.

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 ** Number of posts per month: 500 (approx.)
+* Also take a look at MapServer Development statistics at [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3692 Ohloh]. Here are some excerpts:
 ** '''27 developers''': " Over the past twelve months, 12 developers contributed new code to MapServer. This is a relatively large team, putting this project among the top 5% of all project teams on Ohloh. For this measurement, Ohloh considered only recent changes to the code. Over the entire history of the project, 27 developers have contributed."
 ** '''Mature, well-established codebase''': "The first lines of source code were added to MapServer in 2000. This is a relatively long time for an open source project to stay active, and can be a very good sign.<br> A long source control history like this one shows that the project has enough merit to hold contributors's interest for a long time. It might indicate a mature and relatively bug-free code base, and can be a sign of an organized, dedicated development team."<br> '''Note:''' The source code for MapServer is actually older than the source control history. The project started around 1996 but started using CVS only in 2000.

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 == Statistics ==
-* NICE TO HAVE: stats of nbr of subscribers and numer of posts per month on mapserver-users and mapserver-dev.
+* '''Mapserver-Users list''' statistics (for 2007-Q1):
-* '''27 developers''': " Over the past twelve months, 12 developers contributed new code to MapServer. This is a relatively large team, putting this project among the top 5% of all project teams on Ohloh. For this measurement, Ohloh considered only recent changes to the code. Over the entire history of the project, 27 developers have contributed."
+* Also take a look at MapServer statistics at [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3692 Ohloh]. Here are some excerpts:
-* '''Mature, well-established codebase''': "The first lines of source code were added to MapServer in 2000. This is a relatively long time for an open source project to stay active, and can be a very good sign.<br> A long source control history like this one shows that the project has enough merit to hold contributors's interest for a long time. It might indicate a mature and relatively bug-free code base, and can be a sign of an organized, dedicated development team."<br> '''Note:''' The source code for MapServer is actually older than the source control history. The project started around 1996 but started using CVS only in 2000.
+** '''27 developers''': " Over the past twelve months, 12 developers contributed new code to MapServer. This is a relatively large team, putting this project among the top 5% of all project teams on Ohloh. For this measurement, Ohloh considered only recent changes to the code. Over the entire history of the project, 27 developers have contributed."

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 * Support for AGG, an up and coming image renderer as an alternative to GD
 * Upgrade of WMS support to version 1.3.0
 * Dynamic charting capability
 * Label prioritization

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 * Upgrade of WMS support to version 1.3.0
 * Dynamic charting capability
-* Labelling prioritization
+* Label prioritization
 * MapScript memory management fixes
 * Redesign of the LOG/DEBUG output mechanism

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	== Statistics ==		== Statistics ==
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		+	* NICE TO HAVE: stats of nbr of subscribers and numer of posts per month on mapserver-users and mapserver-dev.

	Take a look at MapServer statistics at [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3692 Ohloh]. Here are some excerpts:		Take a look at MapServer statistics at [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3692 Ohloh]. Here are some excerpts:

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 * MapServer 4.10.1 release
-== Future development ==
+== Future development - MapServer 5.0 ==
 The MapServer development team plans to release version 5.0 by the end of summer 2007. The [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/release_plans/mapserver_5_0 5.0 Release Plan] outlines a number of planned updates, including:

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−	~~== Work in progress...==~~
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	== About MapServer ==		== About MapServer ==

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	* '''27 developers''': " Over the past twelve months, 12 developers contributed new code to MapServer. This is a relatively large team, putting this project among the top 5% of all project teams on Ohloh. For this measurement, Ohloh considered only recent changes to the code. Over the entire history of the project, 27 developers have contributed."		* '''27 developers''': " Over the past twelve months, 12 developers contributed new code to MapServer. This is a relatively large team, putting this project among the top 5% of all project teams on Ohloh. For this measurement, Ohloh considered only recent changes to the code. Over the entire history of the project, 27 developers have contributed."

−	* '''Mature, well-established codebase''': "The first lines of source code were added to MapServer in 2000. This is a relatively long time for an open source project to stay active, and can be a very good sign.<br> A long source control history like this one shows that the project has enough merit to hold contributors's interest for a long time. It might indicate a mature and relatively bug-free code base, and can be a sign of an organized, dedicated development team.<br> '''Note:''' The source code for MapServer ~~might~~ actually be older than the source control history ~~can reveal~~. ~~Many projects begin by duplicating a large amount of source code from an existing, older~~ project~~. You can usually tell whether this is the case by looking for a rapid rise~~ in ~~the amount of code early in the project's history~~."	+	* '''Mature, well-established codebase''': "The first lines of source code were added to MapServer in 2000. This is a relatively long time for an open source project to stay active, and can be a very good sign.<br> A long source control history like this one shows that the project has enough merit to hold contributors's interest for a long time. It might indicate a mature and relatively bug-free code base, and can be a sign of an organized, dedicated development team."<br> '''Note:''' The source code for MapServer is actually older than the source control history. The project started around 1996 but started using CVS only in 2000.