= GRASS GIS 6.4.3 Release Candidate 4 = '''''DRAFT''''' (unreleased) [[TOC]] === Release === * Release date: ? Jun 2013 * Source code: ~~http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.3RC4.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.3RC4.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_201306??_grass_6_4_3RC4~~ * ~~SVN Checkout 6.4.3RC4~~: {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_201306??_grass_6_4_3RC4 }}} * SVN Checkout latest 6.4 release branch (including yet unreleased subsequent bugfixes and improvements): {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4 }}} === Overview of changes === Between [wiki:Release/6.4.2-News 6.4.2] and 6.4.3RC3 ''675'' updates were applied. Between [wiki:Release/6.4.3RC3-News 6.4.3RC3] and the current 6.4.3RC4 more than ''110'' updates have been applied. ''See also see also [wiki:Release/6.4.3RC1-News GRASS 6.4.3RC1], [wiki:Release/6.4.3RC2-News GRASS 6.4.3RC2], and [wiki:Release/6.4.3RC3-News GRASS 6.4.3RC3] release notes.'' ==== New modules ==== * ''none'' ==== Major module changes ==== * v.in.ogr: Detect if unclean import data needs to have nodes snapped closed, and suggest a suitable distance threshold (see also closed tickets below) ==== Minor module changes ==== * d.grid: Fix geodesic grid overlay text label placement for longitude * r.li.setup: Fix for mouse-based masked area selection * r.in.bin: Fix large file (>2GB) support on 32-bit systems * r.mask: Fix for floating point input maps * v.to.rast: Avoid crash when map names were very long A few more minor changes; see the detailed ~~[http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.3RC4.gz ChangeLog]~~ (see also closed tickets below) ==== GUI changes ==== * wxGUI: Many corner-case traceback errors caught and fixed (especially wxNVIZ and Cartographic Composer) * wxGUI: Fix module startup for tasks which need an Xterm or Xmonitor * wxGUI: Avoid file compression for live display window to lighten processor load * wxGUI: Recover cleanly if `r.in.wms` support program requirements are not met * wxGUI/attribute table: Avoid error when the vector map's text data contained a pipe (|) (see also closed tickets below) ==== Cartography changes ==== * A dozen new north arrows and symbols * ps.map: Additional full-RGB spectrum support ==== Library changes ==== * Support for a wider array of FFmpeg versions * Fix vector network node costs * Updated Autoconf build helper libraries * Rendering: Add support for Cairo version 1.10 (see also closed tickets below) ==== Map projection changes ==== * wxGUI/location wizard: Show +proj terms when taking projection data from georeferenced data file or WKT .prj file * wxGUI/location wizard: Datum transform selection support support for PROJ.4 version 4.8.0 ==== Portability changes ==== (MS-Windows) * `Cmd.exe` replaces `Rxvt` as the terminal for the MSys UNIX shell startup method * Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Redistributable package available as a user selectable option in the installer * Uses GRASS's bundled `python.exe` instead of the system's version by default to avoid mismatch in the GUI startup * Fix `d.rast.edit` when called from the wxGUI without specifying an optional aspect map * "--more--" now works as the pager * r.in.wms: A number of fixes and safeguards added * !Tcl/Tk GIS.m: Don't corrupt the rc file if GISDBASE contains a drive letter * Shell scripts: Fix support for UNIX scripts called from within other scripts * Avoid path corruption blocking Addon modules from working * wxGUI/Cartographic composer: Support for direct creation of PDF output (Mac OSX) * Improved support for newer versions of OS X ==== Message translation updates ==== * Many string updates * Romanian translation started === 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)]]