Changeset 50363

Timestamp:

Jan 21, 2012, 10:29:38 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

martinl

Message:

add initial draft for 6.4.2 announcement

Location:

grass-web/trunk/announces

Files:

• abstract_grass642.txt (copied) (copied from grass-web/trunk/announces/abstract_grass641.txt ) (2 diffs)
• announce_grass642.html (copied) (copied from grass-web/trunk/announces/announce_grass641.html ) (12 diffs)

grass-web/trunk/announces/abstract_grass642.txt

@@ -1 @@
-GRASS GIS 6.4.1 released
-12 April 2011
+GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released
+XX January 2012
 http://grass.osgeo.org
 
 We are pleased to announce that the new stable version of GRASS GIS
-6.4.1 has been released. This release fixes some bugs discovered in
-the 6.4.0 source code and adds a few new features (over 560 updates
-to the source code with respect to 6.4.0 have been added). As a
-stable release series the 6.4 line will enjoy long-term support.
+6.4.2 has been released. This release fixes some bugs discovered in
+the 6.4.0 source code and adds a few new features (over 1230 updates
+to the source code with respect to 6.4.0 have been added). As a stable
+release series the 6.4 line will enjoy long-term support.
 
-GRASS 6.4.1 brings a number of incremental enhancements to the 6.4
-stable series of releases. The new wxPython graphical user
-interface (wxGUI) has been updated with a load of new features and
-tools; Python is now a fully supported scripting language,
-including a python toolkit and hooks back into the core GIS
-libraries; and MS-Windows support continues to mature.
+GRASS 6.4.2 brings a number of incremental enhancements to the 6.4
+stable series of releases. The new wxPython graphical user interface
+(wxGUI) has been updated with a load of new features and tools; Python
+is now a fully supported scripting language, including a python
+toolkit and hooks back into the core GIS libraries; and MS-Windows
+support continues to mature.
 
 GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the
@@ -21 +21 @@
 open, and is given away for free. The source code is also freely
 available, allowing for immediate customization, examination of the
-underlying algorithms, addition of new features, and faster
-patching of bugs.
+underlying algorithms, addition of new features, and faster patching
+of bugs.
 
-Full story at http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass641.html
+Full story at http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass642.html
 
 
 About GRASS GIS
 
-The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred
-to as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS)
-providing powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing
-engines in a single integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools
-for spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector data,
-management and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of
-satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to
-produce sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps.
-GRASS has now been translated into twenty languages and supports a
-huge array of data formats. It is distributed under the terms of
-the GNU General Public License (GPL).
+The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to
+as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS)
+providing powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines
+in a single integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools for
+spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector data, management
+and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of satellite and
+aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to produce
+sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps.  GRASS has now
+been translated into twenty languages and supports a huge array of
+data formats. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU General
+Public License (GPL).

grass-web/trunk/announces/announce_grass642.html

@@ -4 +4 @@
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
    <meta name="Author" content="GRASS Development Team">
-   <title>GRASS GIS 6.4.1 released</title>
+   <title>GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://grass.osgeo.org/sitestyle.css">
    <style type="text/css"> h3 { background-color: transparent; }</style>
@@ -22 +22 @@
 <b>The GRASS Development Team announces</b>
 
-<h2>GRASS GIS 6.4.1 released 12 April 2011</h2>
+<h2>GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released XX January 2012</h2>
 </center>
 <br>
@@ -28 +28 @@
 
 We are pleased to announce that a new stable version of
-<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS GIS 6.4.1</a> has been released.
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS GIS 6.4.2</a> has been released.
 This release fixes some bugs discovered in the 6.4.0 source code and
-a few new features (over 560 updates to the source code with respect 
+a few new features (over 1230 updates to the source code with respect 
 to 6.4.0 have been added). As a stable release 6.4 will enjoy long-term
 support.
@@ -41 +41 @@
 runs natively also on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows.
 
-<h3>What's new in GRASS 6.4.1</h3>
+<h3>What's new in GRASS 6.4.2</h3>
 
 A detailed description of changes can be found in the
-<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1-News">GRASS 6.4.1 Release News</a> page.
+<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.2-News">GRASS 6.4.2 Release News</a> page.
 
 <p>
 For a comprehensive list of changes see the
-  <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.1.gz">6.4 ChangeLog</a> file.
+  <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.2.gz">6.4 ChangeLog</a> file.
 
 <h3>Software download and CDROM/DVD</h3>
@@ -60 +60 @@
 <h3>About GRASS GIS</h3>
 
-The <i>Geographic Resources Analysis Support System</i>, commonly referred to
-as GRASS, is a Geographic Information System (GIS) providing powerful raster,
-vector, and geospatial processing engines in a single integrated software
-suite. GRASS includes tools for spatial modeling, visualization of raster and
-vector data, management and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of
-satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to produce
-sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS has now been
-translated into twenty languages and supports a huge array of data formats.
+The <i>Geographic Resources Analysis Support System</i>, commonly
+referred to as GRASS, is a Geographic Information System (GIS)
+providing powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines
+in a single integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools for
+spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector data, management
+and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of satellite and
+aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to produce
+sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS has now
+been translated into twenty languages and supports a huge array of
+data formats.
 
 <p>
 GRASS is a founding member of <a href="http://www.osgeo.org">The Open
-Source Geospatial Foundation</a> (OSGeo), a non-profit legal entity which
-has enjoyed extraordinary growth. We expect that this formal infrastructure
-will guarantee that the GRASS community will be well supported and vibrant
-far into the future.
+Source Geospatial Foundation</a> (OSGeo), a non-profit legal entity
+which has enjoyed extraordinary growth. We expect that this formal
+infrastructure will guarantee that the GRASS community will be well
+supported and vibrant far into the future.
 
 <p>
-GRASS is currently used around the world in academic and commercial settings
-as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies.
-It runs on a variety of popular hardware platforms and is Free open-source
-software released under the terms of the
+GRASS is currently used around the world in academic and commercial
+settings as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental
+consulting companies.  It runs on a variety of popular hardware
+platforms and is Free open-source software released under the terms of
+the
 <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU General Public License</a>.
 
 <p>
-The GRASS software including over 400 built-in analysis modules and 100 community
-supplied add-on modules and toolboxes can be downloaded for free from the
-main GRASS website at
+The GRASS software including over 400 built-in analysis modules and
+100 community supplied add-on modules and toolboxes can be downloaded
+for free from the main GRASS website at
  <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">http://grass.osgeo.org</a>, or from many
 local mirrors worldwide. In addition to the extensive documentation which
@@ -95 +98 @@
 <p>
 Users are encouraged to study, customize, extend, improve, and (if
-necessary) diagnose and modify the inner workings of any part of the program.
-We believe that scientific progress depends on the reproducibility of results,
-which in turn depends on the unhindered ability of the user to know, evaluate,
-double-check, and learn from all algorithms and methodologies used in the process
-of their work.
+necessary) diagnose and modify the inner workings of any part of the
+program.  We believe that scientific progress depends on the
+reproducibility of results, which in turn depends on the unhindered
+ability of the user to know, evaluate, double-check, and learn from
+all algorithms and methodologies used in the process of their work.
 
 
@@ -111 +114 @@
 <h3>Platforms supported by GRASS</h3>
 
-<p>GNU/Linux, Mac OS X/Darwin, Microsoft Windows (native using MinGW or with
-full UNIX support via Cygwin), Sun Solaris (SPARC/Intel), Silicon Graphics
-Irix, HP-UX, DEC-Alpha, AIX, the BSD family, iPAQ/Linux and other UNIX
-compliant platforms. GRASS runs on both 32 and 64 bit systems with large
-data file (&gt;2GB) support for most key modules.
+<p>GNU/Linux, Mac OS X/Darwin, Microsoft Windows (native using MinGW
+or with full UNIX support via Cygwin), Sun Solaris (SPARC/Intel),
+Silicon Graphics Irix, HP-UX, DEC-Alpha, AIX, the BSD family,
+iPAQ/Linux and other UNIX compliant platforms. GRASS runs on both 32
+and 64 bit systems with large data file (&gt;2GB) support for most key
+modules.
 
 
 <p>
-The new source code is available now along with selected binary packages.</p>
+The new source code is available now along with selected binary
+packages.</p>
 
 <p>
@@ -130 +135 @@
 <h3>Documentation and Support</h3>
 
-For a complete list of commands available in GRASS 6.4.1 see the
+For a complete list of commands available in GRASS 6.4.2 see the
 <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/">online manuals</a>
 and the 
@@ -136 +141 @@
 </p>
 
-<p><i>We are always looking for testers, code developers, and technical
-writers to <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/index.php">help us</a>
+<p><i>We are always looking for testers, code developers, and
+technical writers
+to <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/index.php">help us</a>
 maintain and accelerate the development cycle.</i>
 
@@ -146 +152 @@
 <a href="http://mapserver.gdf-hannover.de/grassusers/map.phtml">world over</a>.
 
-GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the professional
-world in that it is developed and distributed by users for users, mostly on a
-volunteer basis, in the open, and is given away for free.
+GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the
+professional world in that it is developed and distributed by users
+for users, mostly on a volunteer basis, in the open, and is given away
+for free.
 
-Emphasis is placed on interoperability and unlimited access to data as well as
-on software flexibility and evolution rate.
+Emphasis is placed on interoperability and unlimited access to data as
+well as on software flexibility and evolution rate.
 </p>
 
@@ -157 +164 @@
 Release history:
 <ul>
-<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1RC1-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.1RC1</a> released 3 Jan 2011
-<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1RC2-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.1RC2</a> released 17 Mar 2011
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.2RC1-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.2RC1</a> released 10 Oct 2011
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.2RC2-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.2RC2</a> released 15 Nov 2011
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.2RC3-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.2RC3</a> released 12 Jan 2012
 
 
-<li> <b>GRASS GIS 6.4.1 released 12 April 2011</b> (see also <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1-News">technical announcement</a>)
+<li> <b>GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released XX January 2012</b> (see
+also <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.2-News">technical
+announcement</a>)
 </ul>
 
 <hr>
-<a href="abstract_grass641.txt">Short version</a>
+<a href="abstract_grass642.txt">Short version</a>
 <!-- |
-<a href="abstract_grass641_CZ.txt">Short version (CZ)</a> |
-<a href="abstract_grass641_PL.txt">Short version (PL)</a>
-<a href="abstract_grass641_DE.txt">Short version (DE: Kurzfassung)</a> |
-<a href="riassunto_grass641.txt">Short version (IT: riassunto)</a>
+<a href="abstract_grass642_CZ.txt">Short version (CZ)</a> |
+<a href="abstract_grass642_PL.txt">Short version (PL)</a>
+<a href="abstract_grass642_DE.txt">Short version (DE: Kurzfassung)</a> |
+<a href="riassunto_grass642.txt">Short version (IT: riassunto)</a>
 -->
 
@@ -176 +186 @@
 <address>
 <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/community/team.php">GRASS Development Team</a><br>
-Date: 12 April 2011 (last changed: $Date$)
+Date: XX January 2012 (last changed: $Date$)
 </address>