= GRASS GIS 7.6.0 =

NOTE: PLANNED RELEASE

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A short summary of changes: '''[wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures76 New features in GRASS 7.6]'''

=== Releases ===

==== Stable Release ====

 * ~~Release date: ''DD MM 2018''~~
 * ~~Announcement: https://grass.osgeo.org/news/TODOTODO/GRASS-GIS-7-6-0-released/~~
 * ~~Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/ChangeLog_7.6.0.gz~~
 * ~~Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g76x~~
 * ~~Source code: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/grass-7.6.0.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/grass-7.6.0.md5sum md5sum])~~
 * ~~SVN Source Code Checkout 7.6.0:~~
{{{
  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_2018XXYY_grass_7_6_0
}}}

==== Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ====

 * ~~Release date: ''DD MM 2018''~~
 * ~~Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/ChangeLog_7.6.0RC1.gz~~
 * ~~Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g76x~~
 * ~~Source code: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/grass-7.6.0RC1.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/grass-7.6.0RC1.md5sum md5sum])~~
 * ~~SVN Source Code Checkout 7.6.0RC1:~~
{{{
  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_2018XXYY_grass_7_6_0RC1
}}}

=== SVN Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"7.6.0"]
 * Release branch created in r73210
 * SVN Checkout latest 7.6 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):
{{{ 
  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_6
}}}

=== Overview of changes ===

A series of new features and stability fixes, manual improvements, and a few language translations have been added.

The GRASS GIS 7.6.0 release provides '''more than XXX fixes and improvements''' with respect to the stable release 7.4.2.

==== New modules ====

 * G76:r.buildvrt: Build a VRT (Virtual Raster) from the list of input raster maps

==== Major module changes ====

(see also below for closed bugs)

 * G76:...

==== Minor module changes ====

(see also below for closed bugs)

 * G76:r.colors: add inferno, magma and plasma color tables
 * G76:r.colors and G76:r3.colors: new flag -d to list available rules with description (e.g. "srtm: color palette for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation [range: -11000 to 8850]")
 * G76:r.fillnulls: RST segmax/npmin logic is fixed to avoid segmentation on small holes
 * G76:r.mapcalc: Do not add extra spaces when inserting a map name or function in GUI
 * G76:r.slope.aspect: add -n option to create aspect as degrees clockwise from North (azimuth), with flat = -9999
 * G76:v.colors: add inferno, magma and plasma color tables
 * G76:v.profile: Use GEOS for buffer generation due to errors in native buffering functions

==== Improvements in the Graphical User Interface ====

 * wxGUI/dbmgr: don't show db info connection by default, it's just occupying space in the dialog

==== Scripting ====

 * pygrass: Attempt to access data from a closed raster map now rises IndexError
 * Python scripting: add tempname() function to grass.script.core, fix #3615
 * array.py: added quiet option to write function
 * db.py: added option in db_table_in_vector to check by default only vectors in current mapset

==== Projection support ====

 * Support of PROJ v.5
  * configure: use new PROJ API only with proj-5.1.x or higher, otherwise fall back to old PROJ.4 API

==== Library changes ====

 * ...

==== User Manuals - Documentation ====

 * G76:...
 
==== Portability ====

 * config.guess + config.sub updated from http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/

==== Docker support ====

 * Dockerfile: dependencies updated, cleanup, added ZSTD, liblas and OpenJPEG/JP2 support
 * Dockerfile: 'set ENV SHELL' to avoid /bin/sh fallback in interactive GRASS GIS sessions in docker

==== Message Translations ====

 * i18N: ...

=== New Addons since GRASS 7.6.0 ===

 * G7A:...
 * TODO

=== Closed tickets ===

==== Closed bugs since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.6.0&type=defect&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]

==== Closed wishes since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.6.0&type=enhancement&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]