= GRASS GIS 6.4.5RC1 = [[TOC]] === Release === * Release date: 06 April 2015 * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.5RC1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.5RC1.md5sum md5sum]) * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/ === SVN Source Code === * Milestone: [milestone:"6.4.5"] * Browse Source: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_20150406_grass_6_4_5RC1 * SVN Checkout 6.4.5RC1: {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20150406_grass_6_4_5RC1 }}} * SVN Checkout latest 6.4 release branch (including yet unreleased bugfixes): {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4 }}} === Overview of changes === '''Key improvements''' of the GRASS GIS 6.4.5RC1 release include stability fixes (esp. vector library), some fixes for wxPython3 support, some module fixes, and more message translations. Since its [http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass640.html initial release] in September 2010 more than ''2500'' source code modifications have been made to the 6.4 release branch. Between [wiki:Release/6.4.4-News 6.4.4] and the current 6.4.5RC1 about ''90'' updates have been applied. Full details of all changes can be viewed in the [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.3-6.4.5RC1.gz ChangeLog since 6.4.3]. ==== New modules ==== * ''none'' ==== Major module changes ==== * v.mkgrid: optionally generate lines instead of areas (new -l flag); precision fixes (more vertices) * v.rast.stats: fix wrong SQL TRANSACTION implementation for DBF driver ==== Minor module changes ==== * d.vect.chart: bugfixes * i.smap: larger default block size for speed * r.li.edgedensity: fix edge count * v.distance: adding geodesic point to boundary distance measurement for lat-long locations * v.in.ogr: OFTStringList is supported column type * v.univar: remove duplicate layer option * Many more; see the detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.5RC1.gz ChangeLog] ==== Command line changes ==== * batch job: do not show welcome message and require 'hit return' when running a batch job ==== GUI changes ==== * wxGUI: wxpython 3 compatibility patches from Debian project applied + some more * wxGUI: added v.vect.stats to menu ==== Library changes ==== * dblib: no more db driver zombies in wingrass * dglib: fix sp cache initialization * libvector: numerical stability fixes for topology; fix reattaching centroids and isles; fix memory leak Colors: * elevation: elevation color table: brighten up high values ==== Portability changes ==== (MS-Windows) * enabled r.li modules (Mac OSX) * n/a (All) * n/a ==== Message translation updates ==== * user message harmonization update (to reduce number of similar but slightly different messages) * Chinese updated * French updated * German updated * Italian updated * Spanish updated See also [http://grass.osgeo.org/development/translations/#statistics statistics] ==== Documentation ==== * RFCs (rfc/) moved to Trac: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/RFC === Closed tickets === ==== Closed bugs since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.5&type=defect&order=priority)]] ==== Closed wishes since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.5&type=enhancement&order=priority)]] ==== Closed tasks since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=6.4.5&type=task&order=priority)]]