= GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC4 Release =

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=== Release ===

 * Release date: ''TBA''
 * Source code: ~~http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.0RC4.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.0RC4.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 1500 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], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Newmodules RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Newmodules RC3] release notes''

==== Major module changes ====

 * '''r.surf.contour''': Speed up by a third (Hamish, Glynn)

 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Majormodulechanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Majormodulechanges RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Majormodulechanges RC3] release notes''

==== Minor module changes ====

 * '''v.colors''': color parameter fixed (Markus)

 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Minormodulechanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Minormodulechanges RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Minormodulechanges RC3] release notes''

==== Library changes ====

 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Librarychanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Librarychanges RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Librarychanges RC3] release notes''

==== GUI changes ====

 * Add a menu item to change the default GUI (Hamish)

==== Portability changes ====

 * '''i.cluster''' and '''r.topmodel''' and '''`G__open_cell_old()`''': use DOS-friendly null device (Hamish)

 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Portabilitychanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Portabilitychanges RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Portabilitychanges RC3] release notes''

==== Build changes ====

 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Buildchanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Buildchanges RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Buildchanges RC3] release notes''

==== Documentation updates ====

 * various manuals improved by Eric Patton, Markus Neteler and Hamish Bowman

==== Message translation updates ====

 * Turkish wxpython translation fixed
 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Messagetranslationupdates GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Messagetranslationupdates RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Messagetranslationupdates RC3] release notes''

==== Closed tickets ====

 * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Closedtickets GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Closedtickets RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Closedtickets RC3] release notes''

 * wxgui mapset access module broken (trac #479)
 * Map Display Window position does not remember saved position settings (trac #476)
 * wxPython profiling tool fails to detect missing numpy (trac #472)
 * vector georect broken in wx gui (trac #470)
 * raster data needs binary mode on windows (trac #469)
 * crash in GPJ_grass_to_wkt() on windows (trac #468)
 * r.le.patch crashes on long filenames (trac #416)
 * v.out.ascii: layer=2 column output wrong (trac #495)

=== SVN Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"6.4.0"]
 * ~~Browse Source: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_2009xxxx_grass_6_4_0RC4/~~
 * ~~SVN Checkout 6.4.0RC4: 
  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_2009xxxx_grass_6_4_0RC4~~

 * SVN Checkout 6.4.0 release branch:
{{{ 
  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4
}}}