Today, Frank Warmerdam announced new release of his FWTools 1.0.5. Full announcement can be found in FWTools mailing list archives, here.

What’s new in the FWTools 1.0.5?

• Bug fixes and new features
• Enabled GEOS support in MapServer
• Enabled MrSID support (on Windows) by default, as opposed to as a plugin.

Next FWTools releases should also bring MrSID support for Linux users.

FWTools is a set of Open Source GIS binaries for Windows and Linux systems produced by Frank Warmerdam.