Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Release/2.6/Notes


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     1= !MapGuide 2.6 Release Notes =
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     3 * Milestone: [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/milestone/2.6 2.6]
     4 * [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/query?status=closed&group=component&resolution=fixed&milestone=2.6&order=status Resolved Tickets]
     5
     6[[TOC]]
     7
     8== Installation ==
     9
     10TBD
     11
     12== Windows Compatibility ==
     13
     14||||32-bit||64-bit||
     15||Windows XP SP3||Yes||Maybe*||
     16||Windows Server 2003||Yes||Maybe*||
     17||Windows Vista||Maybe+||Maybe+||
     18||Windows 7||Yes||Yes||
     19||Windows Server 2008||Yes+||Yes+||
     20||Windows Server 2008 R2||N/A||Yes||
     21||Windows 8||Yes1||Yes1||
     22||Windows Server 2012||N/A||Yes1||
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     24+ Not tested, but similar enough to Windows 7 to theoretically work
     25
     26* IIS configuration will probably not work. Apache config should work due to its self-contained nature
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     281 IIS/.Net successfully tested on Windows 8 64-bit and Windows Server 2012. Windows 8 32-bit is similar enough to theoretically work. Apache config untested
     29
     30Windows RT (ie. Windows 8 on ARM devices) is not a supported platform for installing MapGuide Open Source
     31
     32== Major New Items ==
     33 
     34 * TBD
     35
     36Please [wiki:SubmitTicket report any defects].
     37
     38== FDO Compatibility ==
     39
     40TBD
     41
     42== Installer notes ==
     43
     44Installing MGOS 2.6 (via the windows installer) alongside MGOS 2.5 or older releases '''is not a currently supported configuration'''. Consider using the MgInstantSetup bundle instead if you desire side-by-side installation
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     46The installer '''does not''' currently support IIS Express as an IIS configuration option.
     47
     48Please observe the updated software requirements if you are using .net and/or IIS configuration:
     49
     50 * IIS (all versions) require FastCGI for IIS to be installed.
     51   * For IIS6 and below, download and install the FastCGI extension from [http://www.iis.net/download/FastCGI this link]
     52   * For IIS7 and above, you can install FastCGI by enabling the CGI feature of your IIS installation. See [http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/246/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis/#EnableFastCGI this link] for more information.
     53 * The supported .net Framework version for the MapGuide .net API is '''4.0'''. You must have this version of the .net Framework installed before proceeding with installation.
     54
     55Java configuration requires Java 6 (1.6.0) or higher.
     56
     57The MgInstantSetup bundles only work with '''IIS7 or higher''' if you choose to use this web server. You must still satisfy  the .net and FastCGI software requirements required for this configuration.
     58
     59To assist new MapGuide users and developers, the installer also now bundles the following optional components:
     60
     61 * .net/PHP/Java viewer samples
     62 * MapGuide Developer's Guide in HTML format with updated content
     63 * .net/PHP/Java Developer's Guide Samples
     64
     65All bundled samples require the [http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/releases/2.0.2/samples/Sheboygan.mgp Sheboygan dataset] to be loaded into the MapGuide Server.
     66
     67Finally, due to coordinate system dictionary paths no longer tied to a global environment variable (RFC 122) a mandatory system reboot after installation is '''no longer required''' for all supported versions of Windows. However, a restart of Apache and/or IIS may be required for PHP to work.
     68
     69For the InstantSetup bundles, the MgInstantSetup utility requires .net Framework 3.5 to run. This is in addition to whatever existing software requirements imposed by this release of MapGuide Open Source.
     70
     71For Tomcat configuration, the installer currently does not install Tomcat as a service (#953). You will have to do this manually post-installation.
     72
     73Also ensure that you install the JVM of the same bitness as your installation of MapGuide. For example, you will get a {{{java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError}}} if you attempt to run a Tomcat from a 32-bit MapGuide installation on a 64-bit JVM. If you have both 32 and 64-bit JVMs installed, you must ensure that the Tomcat bundled with MapGuide is using the correct one. Tomcat will generally use the one indicated by the {{{JAVA_HOME}}} environment variable, so this may have to be set and/or overridden.
     74
     75== Known Issues ==
     76
     77 * #2252: It is not possible to call MgFeatureService::UpdateFeatures() with a NULL MgTransaction in the PHP API
     78 * Installer may generate a providers.xml entry for the ArcSDE provider if all providers are enabled in the "Feature Selection" dialog even if the installer does not actually bundle the ArcSDE provider. You can simply remove this entry from providers.xml after installation if this is the case.
     79 * Ubuntu: Failure to install some pre-requisite packages may derail the install script. You may need to update your apt package database (apt-get update) before running the install script
     80 * Ubuntu: Install script may put duplicate FDO provider entries into providers.xml if the file already exists (eg. From a previous installation)
     81 * CentOS: SELinux security settings will prevent MapGuide from loading FDO and other shared libraries. The CentOS install script will fix the security contexts of the so files within these extracted tarballs that it will download.
     82 * CentOS: mgserver may throw double-free errors on service startup or server shutdown. Should not affect server behaviour.
     83 * The Performance Profiler on Linux may not work due to insufficient permissions to save the generated report files. To fix this, ensure the directory {{{/usr/local/mapguideopensource-2.6.0/webserverextensions/www/mapadmin/profilingmapxml}}} on linux has sufficient write permissions for the user account that the PHP executable runs under.
     84 * For an InstantSetup-based install with an Apache configuration, the Performance Profiler is [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/browser/branches/2.5/MgDev/Web/src/mapadmin/performanceReport_MapViewer.php?rev=6771#L43 hard-coded to always use mapviewerjava if it exists for displaying the map viewer] for capturing extents for profiling. If you did not choose a Java configuration you will get the ajaxviewer.jsp source instead of the expected map viewer. To resolve this, delete the mapviewerjava directory
     85 * Uninstallation can leave "ghost" IIS virtual directories behind, which currently is any virtual directory / application you create inside the mapguide virtual directory that '''was not created by the installer'''
     86   These "ghost" directories may impact on future installations. To ensure these "ghost" directories are completely gone after uninstallation, use the appcmd.exe utility to remove these virtual directories. You can find out what virtual directories are still there by running
     87{{{appcmd.exe list vdir}}}
     88 * PHP Viewer and Developer's Guide samples will not work if the PHP viewer feature is not enabled. Likewise for .net and Java. Nothing in the installer will prevent you from making such a choice.
     89 * For the IIS configuration or Apache configuration with a custom http port, you will have to update the WFS and WMS server name configuration properties via the MapGuide Site Administrator after installation if you intend to use such features. This is currently set to localhost:8008 for both.
     90 * We have used a non-standard binary build of Apache/PHP to produce this installer, as a result some PHP extensions and Apache modules may not be available.
     91
     92== API changes and notes ==#ApiChanges
     93
     94TBD