Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Release/6.4.5RC1-News

Timestamp:

Apr 6, 2015, 3:03:36 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

neteler

Comment:

GRASS GIS 6.4.5RC1 released

Release/6.4.5RC1-News

@@ -5 +5 @@
 === Release ===
 
- * Release date: DD MMMM YYYY
- * ~~Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.5RC1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.5RC1.md5sum md5sum])~~
- * ~~Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/~~
+ * Release date: 06 April 2015
+ * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.5RC1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.5RC1.md5sum md5sum])
+ * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/
 
 === SVN Source Code ===
 
  * Milestone: [milestone:"6.4.5"]
- * ~~Browse Source: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_2014XXXX_grass_6_4_5RC1~~
- * ~~SVN Checkout 6.4.5RC1:~~
+ * Browse Source: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_20150406_grass_6_4_5RC1
+ * SVN Checkout 6.4.5RC1:
 {{{
-  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_2014XXXX_grass_6_4_5RC1
+  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20150406_grass_6_4_5RC1
 }}}
- * ~~SVN Checkout latest 6.4 release branch (including unreleased bugfixes):~~
+ * SVN Checkout latest 6.4 release branch (including yet unreleased bugfixes):
 {{{ 
   svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4
@@ -26 +26 @@
 '''Key improvements''' of the GRASS GIS 6.4.5RC1 release include ...
 
-Since its [http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass640.html initial release] in September 2010 more than ''YYYY'' source code modifications have been made to the 6.4 release branch.
-Between [wiki:Release/6.4.4-News 6.4.4] and the current 6.4.5RC1 more than ''XXX'' updates have been applied.
+Since its [http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass640.html initial release] in September 2010 more than ''2500'' source code modifications have been made to the 6.4 release branch.
+Between [wiki:Release/6.4.4-News 6.4.4] and the current 6.4.5RC1 about ''90'' updates have been applied.
 
 Full details of all changes can be viewed in the [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.3-6.4.5RC1.gz ChangeLog since 6.4.3].
+
 ==== New modules ====
 
@@ -38 +39 @@
  * v.mkgrid: optionally generate lines instead of areas (new -l flag); precision fixes (more vertices)
  * v.rast.stats: fix wrong SQL TRANSACTION implementation for DBF driver
+
 ==== Minor module changes ====
 
- * ...
+ * d.vect.chart: bugfixes
+ * i.smap: larger default block size for speed
+ * r.li.edgedensity: fix edge count
+ * v.distance: adding geodesic point to boundary distance measurement for lat-long locations
+ * v.in.ogr: OFTStringList is supported column type
+ * v.univar: remove duplicate layer option
 
  * Many more; see the detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.5RC1.gz ChangeLog]
 
+==== Command line changes ====
+
+ * batch job: do not show welcome message and require 'hit return' when running a batch job
+
 ==== GUI changes ====
 
- * wxGUI: ...
+ * wxGUI: wxpython 3 compatibility patches from Debian project applied + some more
+ * wxGUI: added v.vect.stats to menu
 
 ==== Library changes ====
 
- * ...
+ * dblib: no more db driver zombies in wingrass
+ * dglib: fix sp cache initialization
+ * libvector: numerical stability fixes for topology; fix reattaching centroids and isles; fix memory leak
+
+Colors:
+ * elevation: elevation color table: brighten up high values
 
 ==== Portability changes ====
@@ -60 +77 @@
 (Mac OSX)
 
- * ...
+ * n/a
 
 (All)
- * ...
+
+ * n/a
 
 ==== Message translation updates ====
 
+ * user message harmonization update (to reduce number of similar but slightly different messages)
+ * Chinese updated
+ * French updated
  * German updated
+ * Italian updated 
+ * Spanish updated
 
 See also [http://grass.osgeo.org/development/translations/#statistics statistics]