The GeoServer team is proud to announce the first 1.7.0 beta release.
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GeoServer+1.7.0-beta1
The 1.7 GeoServer series brings along some compelling new features:
* Security and Authorization at the layer / feature type level
* GDAL integration providing support for MrSID and JPEG 2000
* WCS 1.1.1 implementation
* WFS 1.1 Xlink implementation
* KML GeoSearch and Regionating
And much more. You can check out the entire change log for 1.7.x here:
Although this is a beta release, downloading and trying it out, reporting any bugs or regressions in the tracker, will greatly help us move toward the official 1.7.0 release.
- The GeoServer Team