== GRASS 8 planning: ideas ==

''For now just a brainstorming zone...''

=== Raster library ===

 * organization of raster file storage layout: have one raster folder per map like for vector data or raster3D
 * maintain history as for vector maps
 * keep track of opened raster maps
 * Storage in tiles instead of by row (See [wiki:Grass7/RasterLib])
 * Merge NULL file into main data array  (See [wiki:Grass7/RasterLib])
 * save more raster metadata like number of non-null cells, mean and stddev (see GDAL)

=== Vector library ===

 * keep track of opened vector maps
 * keep track of dblinks to not remove table connected to multiple vector maps
 * get rid of dbf as database backend
 * ...

=== Python library ===
 * remove deprecated Python functions: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/67669

=== Bug reports ===

==== Blockers ====

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==== Critical issues ====

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==== Further issues ====

 * Check overview in: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/milestone/8.0.0