= GRASS GIS 6.4.3 Release Candidate 1 = [[TOC]] === Release === * Release date: 24 October 2012 * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.3RC1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.3RC1.md5sum md5sum]) * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/ === SVN Source Code === * Milestone: [milestone:"6.4.3"] * Browse Source: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_20121024_grass_6_4_3RC1 * SVN Checkout 6.4.3RC1: {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20121024_grass_6_4_3RC1 }}} * SVN Checkout latest 6.4 release branch (including unreleased bugfixes): {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4 }}} === Overview of changes === '''Key improvements''' of the GRASS 6.4.3RC1 release include enhanced portability for MS-Windows (native support), fixes for the wxPython based portable graphical interface, improvements for the Python API, more translations, and some new functionality (image processing tools). Since the [wiki:Release/6.4.0-News 6.4.0 release] in September 2010 more than ''1700'' source code modifications have been made to the 6.4 release branch. Between [wiki:Release/6.4.2-News 6.4.2] and the current 6.4.3RC1 more than ''370'' updates have been applied. ==== New modules ==== * '''i.landsat.acca''' - Performs Landsat TM/ETM+ Automatic Cloud Cover Assessment (ACCA). * '''i.landsat.toar''' - Calculates top-of-atmosphere radiance or reflectance and temperature for Landsat MSS/TM/ETM+. * '''i.modis.qc''' - Extracts quality control parameters from Modis QC layers. ==== Major module changes ==== * '''r.grow.distance''' - backport of geodetic distance support * '''d.vect''' - display area labels also when centroids are not displayed * '''r.watershed''' - fix drainage directions ==== Minor module changes ==== * '''r.distance''' - bugfix #1731 * '''r.out.gdal''' - fix output standard option * '''r.recode''' - use title option * '''r.report''' - bugfix #970 * '''v.in.ogr''' - support whitespace in dsn and layer * '''v.distance''' - always sort results for -a * '''v.reclass''' - bugfix #548 * '''v.transform''' - bugfix #1615 * '''v.what''' - fix segfault when querying multiple maps * '''v.what.rast''' - fix fp precision * Many more; see the detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.3RC1.gz ChangeLog] ==== GUI changes ==== (wxGUI) * '''Major wxGUI update''' ([http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/wxGUI pictorial overview]) including new [wiki:wxGUIDevelopment#ChangingGUImodulesdirectorylayout GUI modules directory layout] * Various [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxNviz wxNviz]-related fixes * Language choice implemented in settings * Python editor for wxGUI Graphical Modeller ==== Library changes ==== * allocate enough space for a 3D coord (#1311) * export floats and doubles with correct precision (#335) * do not try to (un)compress GDAL-linked maps * iostream library: bugfix #1714 * new symbol: `extra/n_arrow4` ([http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/IconSymbols#New view]) * support for more recent FFMPEG lib versions * strncpy doesn't always null-terminate (#1315) ==== Map projection changes ==== * fix for undetected geodetic datums ==== Portability changes ==== (MS-Windows) * USERPROFILE is a runtime variable, not an installer variable (Mac OSX) * n/a (All) * n/a ==== Message translation updates ==== * Many languages updated with many new translations ([http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics see stats]) === Closed tickets === ==== Closed bugs since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.3&type=defect&order=priority)]] ==== Closed wishes since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.3&type=enhancement&order=priority)]] ==== Closed tasks since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.3&type=task&order=priority)]]