we are approaching the end of an eventful and exciting year 2007 and we wanted to thank you for the good and creative cooperation, your trust and faith.
We wish you and your families Merry Christmas and a healthful and succesful New Year 2008!
The Mapbender Project is happy to announce the new release 2.4.3 with some minor changes and all bug fixes since the last version.
Change in Release Management
More importantly this is the first release that comes in a regular time cycle and not after a certain set of features have been added. This change in policy has been discussed at length on the Mapbender mailing list and on IRC. It reflects a further maturation of the software and aims at making regular updates to the newest version a lesser issue for users and portal operators. The next release with major changes is due in December 2007, the challenge being whether the Project will keep up with the goal of regular release cycles.
Full Adoption of Trac
After more than a half year of testing, discussion and trial phase all enhancements and bug fixes are now managed via the OSGeo operated Trac instance. Trac is now also used to manage road map and further development.
The WhereGroup will conduct the Mapbender Workshop and the MapStorer Lab at the beginning of the conference. Arnulf Christl will give a lightning talk on which mechanisms can be used to fund creating, maintaining and disseminating public geospatial data.
Meet the WhereGroup, the MapStorer and the Mapbender Projects at the FOSS4G in Victoria at the OSGeo Booth.