GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC3 Release

Release

• Release date: 26 Jan 2009
• Source code: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.0RC3.tar.gz (​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 ​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 GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes
• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC2 release notes

Major module changes

• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes
• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC2 release notes

Minor module changes

• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes
• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC2 release notes

Library changes

• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes
• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC2 release notes

• new function in libgis: G_is_mapset_in_search_path() (trac #379)
• Tcl8.6 compatibility

Portability changes

• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes
• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC2 release notes

• Fixed gis.m scrolling with mouse wheel so that it works correctly across multiple platforms (cmbarton)
• Various MS Windows-related wxGUI fixes, especially for the new ​OSGeo4W package (martinl)

Build changes

• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes
• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC2 release notes

Message translation updates

• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes
• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC2 release notes

Closed tickets

• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC1 release notes
• see also GRASS 6.4.0RC2 release notes

• g.mapsets: unwanted mapset duplication with add= parameter (trac #379)
• g.transform no longer calculating error for 2nd order transformation (trac #163)
• Ask user to save current workspace(s) before quitting wxGUI (trac #452)
• Ask user for confirmation before closing a Workspace tab (trac #453)
• "Create new workspace file" needs a cancel button (trac #450)
• Remove ability to cripple attribute table manager (could not find a better name) (trac #448)
• wx version of v.digit relies upon non-portable hacks (trac #58)
• wxPython/pseudodc.h not found (trac #51)

SVN Source Code

• Milestone: 6.4.0
• Browse Source: ​http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_20090126_grass_6_4_0RC3/
• SVN Checkout 6.4.0RC3:

    svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20090126_grass_6_4_0RC3
  

• SVN Checkout 6.4.0 release branch:

    svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4