I didn't get a response when sending this email to the users list.
I think I've found a fairly major bug when Geoserver returns a WMS GIF image.
Can anyone confirm that the GIF URL below returns a BLACK background instead of transparent.
And if it works for you, what version of java/JAI/tomcat are you using?
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Cameron Shorter
http://cameron.shorter.net
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Geoserver WMS returns black background instead of transparent for gif images (64.5 KB)