Changes between Version 24 and Version 25 of Release/7.6.0-News

Timestamp:

Jan 19, 2019, 1:23:08 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

veroandreo

Comment:

wip

Release/7.6.0-News

@@ -116 +116 @@
  * G76:r.in.lidar: Trim option affects only trimmean method, fail if user atempts to use it with other metods.
  * G76:r.in.srtm: added support to SRTM SWBD, removed unzip dependencies, now it uses zipfile library
+ * G76:r.in.wms: added missing .tif extension needed by gdalwarp (GDAL 2.3+)
  * G76:r.li.shannon: fix segfault
  * G76:r.mapcalc: +ceil, +floor
@@ -139 +140 @@
  * G76:v.db.dropcolumn: preserve field length for field type CHARACTER
  * G76:v.decimate: add attribute table to output (fixes #3541)
- * G76:v.distance: do not clear existing records if no nearest feature found, use default db connection of current mapset for new vector db connection
+ * G76:v.distance: do not clear existing records if no nearest feature found, use default db connection of current mapset for new vector db connection, improve iterative search and speed improvement for small dmax
  * G76:v.external: disable GRASS-PostGIS driver
  * G76:v.external.out: add CRS EPSG code if available
  * G76:v.extract: add option to dissolve by attribute, preserving categories and attribute values
+ * G76:v.generalize: preserve boundary categories
  * G76:v.in.ogr: avoid buffer overflow with long attributes (text), convert OSM line topology to GRASS topology for line crossings, fix segfault with wrong array index, improve OSM line topology conversion, use column type 'text' when appropriate
  * G76:v.in.ogr, G76:v.external: OGR dsn and GRASS db connections are independent of each other
@@ -154 +156 @@
  * G76:v.random: fix comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions warnings (TODO: replace long with int64), restrict join attributes, see #3528, restrict wrong categories assigned, see #3524
  * G76:v.rast.stats: add number of NULL cells to method option, check for existence of attribute table before launching v.to.rast
+ * G76:v.rast.stats: add where option
  * G76:v.select: correct class/non-class methods, ws, naming (runs python -tt, full pep8, some pylint), improve processing speed, make it clear that 'overlap' is 'intersects' in GEOS, not 'overlaps', re-organize code to select features from vector map A by features from other vector map B (fixes #3361)
+ * G76:v.select: output map is now only created if any elements are found
  * G76:v.to.db: check if column(s) exist before updating, includes check for correct column type, create column(s) of not existing, see #3466 (backport trunk r73236), double-quote strings to protect single quotes, as in G76:v.in.ogr, fix compactness and fractal dimension (fixes #3102), +unit conversion for compactness
  * G76:v.to.rast: add support for centroids
@@ -160 +164 @@
  * G76:v.what.rast3: fix v.what.rast author's name
  * G76:v.what.vect: distance units are meters for ll
+
 ==== Improvements in the Graphical User Interface ====
 
  * wxGUI/dbmgr: don't show db info connection by default, it's just occupying space in the dialog
-
- * wxGUI: add settings to show comp. region extent, see #3519
+ * wxGUI: add settings to show computational region extent by default in map display, see #3519
  * wxGUI: catch also WindowsError when unable to load GRASS libs
  * wxGUI: correctly delete layertree, see #3505
@@ -170 +174 @@
  * wxGUI/datacatalog: remove map layer from layer tree on delete map
  * wxGUI/datacatalog: remove unused statement
- * wxGUI/datacatalog: simplify g.remove caller
- * wxGUI/datacatalog: zoom to first added map (sync with lmgr behaviour)
- * wxGUI/datatalog: fix standalone double click, see r72370
+ * wxGUI/datacatalog: simplify G76:g.remove caller
+ * wxGUI/datacatalog: zoom to first added map (sync with layer manager behaviour)
+ * wxGUI/datatalog: fix standalone double click
  * wxGUI/dbmgr: better handling of text values in SQLBuilder
  * wxGUI/dbmgr: fix sorting unicode issue
@@ -179 +183 @@
  * wxGUI: etree takes only non-keyword arguments for parent and tag in Python 3
  * wxGUI: fix font dialog on mac, #3542
- * wxGUI: fix for wxPython 4, see #3621 (merge from trunk, r73404)
- * wxGUI: fix loading data to ListCtrl with checkboxes for wxPython 4 (merged from trunk, r73233, r73472)
+ * wxGUI: different fixes for wxPython 4, e.g., loading data to ListCtrl with checkboxes, fix warnings when using attribute manager, etc (see #3621)
  * wxGUI: fix m.nviz.image command building
  * wxGUI: fix Phoenix compatibility
  * wxGUI: fix problem with Python addons not showing up on Windows, see #3177
  * wxGUI forms: improve gui dependencies logic, see #3619
- * wxGUI: GetClientSizeTuple? is not anymore in wx4 (merge from trunk, r73323)
  * wxGUI/gmodeler: delete intermediate data when model finished
  * wxGUI/gmodeler: display data if model done
- * wxGUI/gmodeler: implement display data functionality (work in progress)
+ * wxGUI/gmodeler: implement display data functionality
  * wxGUI/gmodeler: print command finished message
  * wxGUI/gmodeler: print model computation finished message
  * wxGUI/gmodeler: store display tag in model file
- * wxGUI: implement widget for SQL WHERE params
+ * wxGUI: implement widget for SQL WHERE parameter
  * wxGUI/lmgr: add layer selection into giface
- * wxGUI: make wx.BusyInfo compatible with wxPython 4
- * wxGUI: patch by sanjeet to fix warnings when using attribute manager with wxpython 4 - #3510
  * wxGUI/preferences: add new option for random colors (vector)
- * wxGUI/psmap: backport some wxPython4 changes from trunk
- * wxGUI/psmap: wxPython 4 compatibility (merged from trunk, r73463)
  * wxGUI/rdigit: fix raster digitizer toolbar on mac
  * wxGUI: replace deprecated checkbox event method, see #3570
- * wxGUI: revert accidently commited changes in r72626
  * wxGUI: set up default map display properties when new display is open
- * wxGUI: show computational region by default, see #3519
  * wxGUI/SqlWhereSelect: fix renaming issues
  * wxGUI/startup: file to separate GUI-dependent utils (now only db/loc/mapset setting)
- * wxGUI/startup: get the first possible grassdata match, not last (faster and more expected)
+ * wxGUI/startup: get the first possible grassdata match, not last (faster)
  * wxGUI/startup: lock filename and check in one function
- * wxGUI/startup: mapset and location remames as functions
+ * wxGUI/startup: mapset and location remame as functions
  * wxGUI/startup: move delete mapset and location to separate functions
  * wxGUI/startup: move mapset creation core to an utils function
  * wxGUI/startup: move search for grassdata to package
  * wxGUI/startup: new mapset dialog as a separate class and reuse create mapset method
- * wxGUI/startup: no parameter for read_gisrc (forgotten self in r73175)
  * wxGUI/startup: obtaining version number as a function
- * wxGUI/startup: read_gisrc as a function
- * wxGUI/startup: read_gisrc as a GUI function (fixes r73175)
+ * wxGUI/startup: read_gisrc as a GUI function
  * wxGUI/startup: window titles should use title case (plus doc)
- * wxGUI/timeline: don't use semitransparency
- * wxGUI/timeline: draw grid behind data
+ * wxGUI/timeline: fix transparency issues
+ * wxGUI/timeline: draw grid behind the data to avoid confusion
  * wxGUI/timeline: specify edgecolor to solve #3609
  * wxGUI: use simpler widget for MapsetSelect to avoid wxWidgets bug #17771 on mac
- * wxGUI: wx4 doesn't have Image.GetHandlers, fixes #3617
 
 ==== Python scripting ====
@@ -229 +222 @@
  * libpython array.py: added quiet option to write function
  * libpython db.py: added option in db_table_in_vector to check by default only vectors in current mapset
- * libpython: by default, no error output is produced even though the output in case of failure reads "Process ended with non-zero return code 1. See errors in the (error) output.", change default to cpature and report error output (backport trunk r73238)
+ * libpython: by default, no error output is produced even though the output in case of failure reads "Process ended with non-zero return code 1. See errors in the (error) output.", change default to capture and report error output
+ * libpython: move clean_default_db() to setup
  * pygrass: attempt to access data from a closed raster map now rises IndexError
  * pygrass: add Module support to underscore in parameter's name
@@ -254 +248 @@
  * libgis: update to lz4-1.8.2
  * libgis: use G_vasprintf() to avoid buffer overflow
+ * lib/init/grass.py: increase PEP8 compliance
+ * lib/init/grass.py: init: report when rc file is empty
+ * lib/init/grass.py: use LOCATION to stand for location name in help
+ * lib/init: clean up sqlite db if existing, see #3697
+ * libinit: use clean_default_db() from script.setup
+ * libpython: add functions to finish a GRASS session
+ * libinit: rewriting to use functions in lib/python/scripts
  * libproj: +new GRASS API for coordinate transformation, use new PROJ 5+ API starting with proj-5.1.0 if available
  * libproj: support user-defined PROJ 5+ pipelines
@@ -259 +260 @@
  * libraster: +GRASS virtual raster (VRT)
  * libraster: update documentation for Map type ("raster", "reclass", "GDAL-link", or "virtual")
+ * libraster: add support for GDAL 2.4 on MS Windows
  * libsegment: + all in memory cache
  * libsegment: do not zero fill, use lseek in Segment_open()
  * libstats: init vars
  * libstats: sum of weights must be DCELL; fix regression t value
- * libogsf: Use framebuffer objects for off-screen GL rendering; Use Core OpenGL (CGL) for the MacOS instead of deprecated 32-bit only AGL (Fix #3600, #2114, #3606)
+ * libogsf: Use framebuffer objects for off-screen GL rendering; Use Core OpenGL (CGL) for the MacOS instead of deprecated 32-bit only AGL
  * G76:grass-sqlite driver: fix default column length for declared column types
  * Vlib: change topology building messages to verbose messages, use grass_int64 for count of vertices
  * Vlib: fix for self-intersections in Vect_line_intersection2(): snap self-intersection only once
  * Vlib: fix self-intersections in Vect_line_intersection2()
- * Vlib: fix with_z = 0 for Vect_line_check_intersection2() and Vect_line_intersection2(), fixes #3567
+ * Vlib: fix with_z = 0 for Vect_line_check_intersection2() and Vect_line_intersection2()
  * Vlib: increase buffer to 4096 when copying files (sync to lib/gis/copy_dir.c)
  * Vlib: optimize snapping with box search instead of distance search
@@ -274 +276 @@
  * Vlib: reduce dynamic fp representation error threshold
  * Vlib, Vect_merge_lines(): use correct line type in messages
+ * Vlib: fix fp error in Vect_segment_intersection()
  * temporal algebra: Added suffix option for time and granularity based raster map names
  * temporal algebra: Do not create the parsertab file when running the algebra
- * temporal library: eval support for t.info, see #3264
+ * temporal library: eval support for G76:t.info, see #3264
  * temporal modules: Fixed tgis suffix function spell mistake
  * temporal python library: t.rast.algebra output basename is using leading zeros
@@ -284 +287 @@
  * various examples added
  * keyword index improved
+ * many typos fixed
+ * expanded descriptions, notes and some references added
  * G76:m.transform/i.ortho.transform: update manuals
  * G76:raster3dintro manual: more details and better structure for section: 3D raster import