= GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC2 Release =

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=== Release ===

 * Release date: 12 Jan 2009
 * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.0RC2.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.0RC2.md5sum md5sum])
 * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/index.php

=== Overview of changes since 6.3.0 ===

''For changes between 6.2.3 and 6.3.0, see the [http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html 6.3.0 release announcement].''
Since the 6.3.0 release in April 2008, more than 1450 source code modifications have been done in the 6.4.0 release branch.

==== New modules ====

 * see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Newmodules GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes]

==== Major module changes ====

 * see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Majormodulechanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes]

 * new icons theme for wxGUI based on [http://www.szczepanek.pl/icons.grass/v.0.1/]

==== Minor module changes ====

 * see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Minormodulechanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes]

 * v.in.dxf: fixed test to determine if a polyline is 3-d (Huidae)
 * v.surf.bspline: better user error trapping (Roberto Antolín)
 * v.surf.rst: check output vector map name validity before any processing (Maris)

==== Library changes ====

 * see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Librarychanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes]

==== Portability changes ====

 * see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Portabilitychanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes]

==== Build changes ====

 * see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Buildchanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes]

==== Message translation updates ====

 * see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Messagetranslationupdates GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes]

==== Closed tickets ====

 * see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Closedtickets GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes]

 * querying vector map crashes wxGUI (trac #415)
 * bogus rectangles on map display (trac #414)
 * i.rectify; what does -a actually do? (trac #242)
 * Can not set vector layer properties (trac #407)
 * autorendering interferes with layer selection (trac #270)
 * font settings not saved (trac #291)
 * setting 'at=' to anything crashes raster legend (trac #289)
 * v.surf.bspline broken (trac #96)
 * wxNVIZ: error pressing "All" button (trac #300)

==== Interoperability changes ====

 * R-GRASS interface (spgrass6 package): improvements to use the fast r.in.gdal/r.out.gdal instead of the GDAL plugin or r.in.bin/r.out.bin

=== SVN Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"6.4.0"]
 * Browse Source: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_20090112_grass_6_4_0RC2/
 * SVN Checkout 6.4.0RC2: 
{{{ 
  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20090112_grass_6_4_0RC2
}}}
 * SVN Checkout 6.4.0 release branch:
{{{ 
  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4
}}}