[Users] GeoExt 0.5 RC1 Announcement

[Andreas Hocevar]

The GeoExt community is proud to announce the first release candidate
of GeoExt 0.5, the first GeoExt version to be released.

As of RC1, the GeoExt 0.5 release closes 61 outstanding tickets,
including 40 new features or enhancements and 16 bug fixes.

We invite you to help us test the 0.5 release candidate! To test in
your applications, please download [1], unzip it to the root of your
GeoExt powered application, and include the following script tag in
your html:

    <script src="GeoExt/script/GeoExt.js"></script>

GeoExt 0.5 depends on OpenLayers >= 2.8 and ExtJS >= 2.2.

The source is available on svn at [2]. Bug reports can be filed in
Trac, under the 0.5 RC1 version and 0.5 milestone, at [3].

The 0.5 release comes with a number of important features, the full
list of which can be found in the Release Notes, at [4]. Some of the
highlights include:

    * MapPanel to integrate OpenLayers maps in ExtJS applications
    * LegendPanel to display legends for WMS layers
    * LayerNodes and LayerContainers to create customized layer switchers
    * Popups as anchored Ext windows
    * Various Ext data components for convenient handling of
OpenLayers layers, vector features and WMS Capabilities documents

All forthcoming RC announcements will be sent only to the Developers
list: anyone interested in tracking the progress to a final release
should subscribe to that list at [5].

We look forward to your feedback on this release.

[1] http://tinyurl.com/geoext-0-5-rc1
[2] http://svn.geoext.org/core/trunk/geoext
[3] http://www.geoext.org/trac/geoext/newticket
[4] http://www.geoext.org/trac/geoext/wiki/Release/0.5/Notes
[5] http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev

Regards,
Andreas.

-- 
Andreas Hocevar
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/
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