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     1= GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC5 Release =
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     3[[TOC]]
     4
     5=== Release ===
     6
     7 * Release date: ''to be defined''
     8 * ~~Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.0RC5.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.0RC5.md5sum md5sum])~~
     9 * ~~Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/index.php#g64x~~
     10
     11=== SVN Source Code ===
     12
     13 * Milestone: [milestone:"6.4.0"]
     14 * Browse Source: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_2009XXXX_grass_6_4_0RC5
     15 * SVN Checkout 6.4.0RC5:
     16  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_2009XXXX_grass_6_4_0RC5
     17
     18 * SVN Checkout 6.4.0 release branch:
     19{{{
     20  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4
     21}}}
     22
     23=== Overview of changes since 6.3.0 ===
     24
     25''For changes between 6.2.3 and 6.3.0, see the
     26[http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html 6.3.0 release announcement].''
     27Since the 6.3.0 release in April 2008, more than 1500 source code
     28modifications have been done in the 6.4.0 release branch.
     29
     30==== New modules ====
     31
     32 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Newmodules GRASS 6.4.0RC1],
     33  [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Newmodules RC2],
     34  [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Newmodules RC3], and
     35  [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Newmodules RC4] release notes''
     36
     37==== Major module changes ====
     38
     39 * '''gem6''' renamed as '''gem64''' to allow multiple versions of GRASS 6.x to be installed on the same system without conflicting
     40
     41 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Majormodulechanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1],
     42 [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Majormodulechanges RC2],
     43 [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Majormodulechanges RC3],
     44 and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Majormodulechanges RC4] release notes''
     45
     46==== Minor module changes ====
     47
     48 * '''g.mapsets''': Bug fix for many mapsets with long names (Huidae)
     49 * '''ps.map''': Allow control over legend type (Hamish)
     50 * '''ps.map''': Fix pattern clipping; four new patterns (Hamish)
     51 * '''ps.map''': Vector area fills shouldn't fill islands (Hamish)
     52 * '''v.in.gpsbabel''': GPS device can be filename with spaces (Hamish)
     53
     54 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Minormodulechanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1],
     55 [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Minormodulechanges RC2],
     56 [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Minormodulechanges RC3], and
     57 [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Minormodulechanges RC4] release notes''
     58
     59==== Library changes ====
     60
     61 * cache bug in DGLib fixed (trac #224), now vector networking modules are fast (Markus Metz)
     62
     63 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Librarychanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1],
     64 [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Librarychanges RC2],
     65 [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Librarychanges RC3], and
     66 [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Librarychanges RC4] release notes''
     67
     68==== Driver changes ====
     69
     70 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Driverchanges RC4] release notes''
     71
     72==== GUI changes ====
     73
     74 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#GUIchanges RC4] release notes''
     75 * Fix Tcl/Tk Output console Run in Xterm/DOS box (Hamish)
     76
     77==== Portability changes ====
     78
     79 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Portabilitychanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Portabilitychanges RC2], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Portabilitychanges RC3], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Portabilitychanges RC4] release notes''
     80
     81==== Build changes ====
     82
     83 * Wrong detection on cairo fixed (trac #467) (Funda Wang/Mandriva)
     84
     85 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Buildchanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Buildchanges RC2], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Buildchanges RC3], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Buildchanges RC4] release notes''
     86
     87==== Documentation updates ====
     88
     89 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Documentationupdates RC4] release notes''
     90
     91==== Message translation updates ====
     92
     93 * wxGUI translated into Bahasa Indonesia by Firman Hadi
     94
     95 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Messagetranslationupdates GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Messagetranslationupdates RC2], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Messagetranslationupdates RC3], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Messagetranslationupdates RC4] release notes''
     96
     97==== Closed tickets ====
     98
     99 * v.clean: creates polygons instead of holes (trac #397) (Markus Metz)
     100 * Python GUI extremely slow on selecting large vector datasets in dropdown box (trac #514) (Martin Landa)
     101 * wxGUI cmd: r.mapcalc fails (quoting + args with spaces) (trac #528) (Martin Landa)
     102 * vdigit: changing a tool should cancel current edits (trac #286) (Martin Landa)
     103
     104 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Closedtickets GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Closedtickets RC2], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Closedtickets RC3], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Closedtickets RC4] release notes''
     105
     106===== Closed bugs since branching =====
     107
     108[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.0&type=defect&order=priority)]]
     109
     110===== Closed wishes since branching =====
     111
     112[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.0&type=enhancement&order=priority)]]
     113
     114===== Closed tasks since branching =====
     115
     116[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.0&type=task&order=priority)]]
     117