= GRASS GIS 6.4.4 Release Candidate 1 =

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=== Release ===

 * Release date: ~~''Day Month Year''~~
 * Source code: ~~http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.4RC1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.4RC1.md5sum md5sum])~~
 * Binaries: ~~http://grass.osgeo.org/download/~~

=== SVN Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"6.4.4"]
 * Browse Source: ~~http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_YYYYMMDD_grass_6_4_4RC1~~
 * SVN Checkout 6.4.4RC1:
{{{
  (not yet:) svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_YYYYMMDD_grass_6_4_4RC1
}}}
 * 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 6.4.4RC1 release include ...

Since the [wiki:Release/6.4.0-News 6.4.0 release] in September 2010 more than ''2400'' source code modifications have been made to the 6.4 release branch.
Between [wiki:Release/6.4.3-News 6.4.3] and the current 6.4.4RC1 more than ''250'' updates have been applied.

==== New modules ====

 * ...

==== Major module changes ====

 * r.li suite: backport of complete rewrite from GRASS GIS 7
 * v.buffer: fixed (now requires the [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS library])
 * v.voronoi: backport fixes for bug tickets #957, #1682, #2019

==== Minor module changes ====

 * d.correlate: Added option to draw a trend line and calculate linear regression formula
 * d.shadedmap: Added option to save draped image to a new raster map 
 * g.extension.py: fixes for bug ticket #2138
 * g.mkfontcap: Also scan for locally installed fonts on Linux systems
 * g.setproj: Added option to print and reset the Location's one-line description
 * i.his.rgb: Added support for NULL cells
 * i.rgb.his: Added support for NULL cells
 * r.contour: write attributes in one commit (speed-up)
 * r.horizon: added sanity check for dist parameter
 * r.li.setup: fix creation of configuration file using circle 
 * r.out.xyz: Added support for multiple file export
 * r.ros: do not double close spotdist map (fixes crash)
 * r.watershed: standardize basin parameter description
 * v.colors: Added option to name placeholder map containing data for creating a legend
 * v.in.dxf: fixed possible infinite loop
 * v.in.gpsbabel: Major speedup, better support for MS Windows (spaces in paths)
 * v.patch: create index for table (speed-up)
 * v.to.db: fix perimeter 
 * v.transform: Added option to swap x for y coordinates
 * v.vol.rst: finally fixed mask issue

 * Many more; ~~see the detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.4RC1.gz ChangeLog]~~
==== GUI changes ====

 * wxGUI: check for invalid map size
 * wxGUI: fix for not closing of attribute dialog
 * wxGUI: show GRASS version in lmgr and mapdisp frame title
 * wxGUI/d.histogram: fix export histogram on Windows
 * wxGUI/location wizard: fixes for wxPython 3
 * wxGUI/psmap: update PIL import for pillow

 
==== Library changes ====

 * Vlib: fix linkm usage (fixes spurious segfaults in special cases)
==== Map projection changes ====

 * ...

==== Portability changes ====

(MS-Windows)

 * ...

(Mac OSX)

 * Compilation fixes in build scripts

(All)

 * AIX fixes
 
==== Message translation updates ====

 * French updated
 * Latvian translation added

See also [http://grass.osgeo.org/development/translations/#statistics statistics]
=== Closed tickets ===

==== Closed bugs since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.4&type=defect&order=priority)]]

==== Closed wishes since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.4&type=enhancement&order=priority)]]

==== Closed tasks since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.4&type=task&order=priority)]]