MapServer 5.6.0 released

MapServer 5.6.0 has just been released and available for download now. The new release contains a few new features and performance enhancements.

New features:

• MS RFC 51: XML Mapfile schema and XSLT.
• MS RFC 52: One-pass query processing, making WFS queries on
  database backends much much faster.
• MS RFC 55: Improve control of output resolution, allows printing
  maps at printer resolution using a mapfile defined for screen resolution.
• MS RFC 57: Labeling enhancements: ability to repeat labels along a
  line/multiline.

Enhancements:

• Security fixes (also backported to 5.4):
  Improved security relative to untrusted directories and mapfiles
  (RFC 56)
• Fixed several security issues found in an audit of the CGI
  application (#2939, #2941, #2942, #2943, #2944)

Performance optimizations:

• Load all GDAL image bands in one pass for faster processing (r9260)
• Optimized access to very large shapefiles (#2930)
• Several enhancements/fixes to OGC Web Services specs support
• Several enhancements/fixes to all flavors of MapScript