== GRASS 7 planning: trunk and branches management ==

=== General plan ===

 * GRASS 6.3.0 will be released from the [source:grass/branches/releasebranch_6_3 releasebranch_6_3] branch
 * a new [source:grass/branches/ releasebranch_6_4] branch will be created, essentially doing bugfixes
 * [source:grass/trunk/ trunk] becomes GRASS 7.0.svn, it will be drastically restructured

[[Image(Grass7-development-svn.png)]] 


=== GRASS 6.2 releases ===

 * '''Release scope:''' maintenance mode (no native winGRASS support, no wxgrass)
 * An update to 6.2.3 is not planned unless a really nasty bug is found.
: --HB: suggestion- begin the above with "After 6.4.0 is released, ...". 

=== GRASS 6.3 releases ===
(draft)

 * '''Release scope:''' technology preview (with native winGRASS support, no wxgrass)
 * fix [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&milestone=6.3.0 open bugs] if there is interest
 * Once released, an update to 6.3.0 is not planned unless a nasty bug is found.
: Should we backport general bugs anyway (just in case) or is that wasted effort?

--HB: I feel porting fixes between 4 active branches is too much. (we will already have 6.2svn, 6.4svn, and 7svn)

 * Once the wxPython GUI is ready for formal beta testing, we might consider doing another 6.3.x including that.
: That will need to be taken from the 6.4 release branch. As is it hard (or is it?) to backport all new changes to the 6_3 release branch in bulk, maybe it is better to call 6.3.1+wx as 6.4.0pre1 and keep in in the 6_4 branch instead of attempting an ugly merge of everything back to 6_3?


=== GRASS 6.4 releases ===

 * '''Release scope:''' new stable release (with native winGRASS support, with wxgrass)
 * fix [http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?atid=204&group_id=21&func=browse open GForge] and [http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?q_status=open&q_queue=grass RT] bugs
 * fix [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&milestone=6.4.0 open trac bugs]
 * evaluate, test, and apply [http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?atid=205&group_id=21&func=browse available patches]
 * new documentation and translation efforts will happen in the 6.4 branch
 * wxgrass development will continue for now in the [source:grass/branches/ releasebranch_6_4] branch

=== GRASS 7 Ideas collection ===

(to be moved here)
 * '''Release scope:''' complete demolition and reconstruction (new display architecture, new raster library, new ...)
 * http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_7_ideas_collection