= 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 ''xx'' 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 ''yy'' updates have been applied.

==== New modules ====

 * ...

==== Major module changes ====

 * 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.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.out.xyz''' - Added support for multiple file export
 * '''v.colors''' - Added option to name placeholder map containing data for creating a legend
 * '''v.in.gpsbabel''' - Major speedup, better support for MS Windows (spaces in paths)
 * '''v.transform''' - Added option to swap x for y coordinates
 * Many more; ~~see the detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.4RC1.gz ChangeLog]~~
==== GUI changes ====

 * ...
 
==== Library changes ====

 * ...

==== Map projection changes ====

 * ...

==== Portability changes ====

(MS-Windows)

 * ...

(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=6.4.4&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)]]