Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of Release/6.4.0RC6-News

Timestamp:

Mar 20, 2010, 8:31:21 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

neteler

Comment:

updated from Changelog

Release/6.4.0RC6-News

@@ -25 +25 @@
 
 ''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 almost 2,700 source
-code modifications have been made to the 6.4.0 release branch.
+Since the 6.3.0 release in April 2008 almost 2,700 source code modifications have been made to the 6.4.0 release branch.
+'''Between 6.4.0RC5 and the current 6.4.0RC6 more than 560 updates have been included.'''
 
 ==== New modules ====
@@ -40 +40 @@
  * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Majormodulechanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Majormodulechanges RC2], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Majormodulechanges RC3], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Majormodulechanges RC4], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC5-News#Majormodulechanges RC5] release notes''
 
+ * ''see also list of bugfixes below''
+ * '''Fixes for spaces in path names''': 
  * '''db.login''': Now saves database login credentials to ~/.grasslogin64 which is safe for spaces in path names.
- * '''v.db.addtable''': Now uses default mapset database settings instead of locking you into what was already used by the map.
+ * '''v.db.addtable''': Now uses default mapset database settings instead of locking you into what was already used by the map. 
+ * '''v.lidar.correction, v.lidar.edgedetection, v.lidar.growing, v.outlier, v.surf.bspline''': fix Lidar tools
 
 ==== Minor module changes ====
 
- * '''r.sun''': Fixed problem with 0 incidence angle (trac #610; Thomas Huld)
- * '''r.colors''': New Haxby color rules added
- * '''r.univar''': Percentile now accepts non-integer requests (e.g. sigmas at 68.2689%, 95.45%, and 99.73%) (trac #873)
+ * '''g.parser''': backport of -s flag for improved scripting
+ * '''i.atcorr''': Backported LISS (IRC 1C) and ASTER sensors
+ * '''i.landsat.rgb''': : work with >8bit data, e.g. Quickbird
+ * '''i.pca''': : Glynn: Fix bug in calc_mu
+ * '''r.colors, v.colors''': several new color tables
+ * '''r.terraflow''': : don't use hardcoded /var/tmp/ ; use TEMP variable on windows
+ * '''r.univar, !r3.univar''': Percentile now accepts non-integer requests (e.g. sigmas at 68.2689%, 95.45%, and 99.73%) (trac #873)
+ * '''r.sun''': Fixed problem with 0 incidence angle (trac #610; Thomas Huld) - now the value is null. Note that this is also the case if the pixel is in shadow.
+ * '''v.split''': create 3D vector map if input is 3D
+ * '''v.what.vect''': now also works with vector polygon maps
 
  * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Minormodulechanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Minormodulechanges RC2], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Minormodulechanges RC3], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Minormodulechanges RC4], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC5-News#Minormodulechanges RC5] release notes''
@@ -55 +65 @@
  * Update Swiss datum parameters to CH1903+ (trac #35)
  * New symbol: extra/ring
+ * Added Swedish datum RT90
+ * New symbol: extra/ring
+ * DBMI: activated OFTDate, OFTTime, OFTDateTime (treat as strings as in DBF driver)
+ * Segment library: use LFS if available
 
  * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Librarychanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC2-News#Librarychanges RC2], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC3-News#Librarychanges RC3], [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Librarychanges RC4], and [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC5-News#Librarychanges RC5] release notes''
@@ -72 +86 @@
 
  * Many WinGrass package fixes (spaces in path names, etc.)
+ * '''winGRASS''': use default browser
 
  * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Portabilitychanges GRASS 6.4.0RC1], 
@@ -89 +104 @@
 ==== Documentation updates ====
 
+ * '''Help''': Quick [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/helptext.html Start-with-GRASS instructions]
+
  * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC4-News#Documentationupdates RC4] and
  [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC5-News#Documentationupdates RC5] release notes''
 
 ==== Message translation updates ====
+
+ * complete Japanese translation
+ * several other language translations improved
 
  * ''see also [wiki:Release/6.4.0RC1-News#Messagetranslationupdates GRASS 6.4.0RC1],