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Jul 30, 2015, 2:04:02 PM (9 years ago)
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     1= GRASS GIS 7.0.1 =
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     3[[TOC]]
     4
     5=== What's new in a nutshell ===
     6
     7This release addresses some minor issues found in the first GRASS GIS 7.0.0 release. It provides a series of stability fixes in the core system and the graphical user interface, PyGRASS improvements, manual enhancements, and a few language translations.
     8
     9=== Release ===
     10
     11 * Release date: ''30 July 2015''
     12 * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g70x
     13 * Changelog: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/ChangeLog_7.0.1.gz
     14 * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.1.md5sum md5sum])
     15
     16=== SVN Source Code ===
     17
     18 * Milestone: [milestone:"7.0.1"]
     19 * SVN Checkout latest 7.0 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):
     20{{{
     21  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0
     22}}}
     23
     24=== Overview of changes ===
     25
     26A series of stability fixes, manual improvements and a few language translations have been added.
     27
     28The first release candidate GRASS GIS 7.0.1RC1 provides '''168 fixes and improvements''' with respect to GRASS GIS 7.0.0.
     29The second release candidate GRASS GIS 7.0.1RC2 provides '''55 fixes and improvements''' with respect to the first release candidate.
     30The final release GRASS GIS 7.0.1 provides '''6 fixes and improvements''' with respect to the second release candidate.
     31
     32==== Major module changes ====
     33
     34 * none
     35
     36==== Minor module changes ====
     37
     38 * G7:g.extention: improve handling of broken zip files on Windows
     39 * G7:g.manual: use web browser package
     40 * G7:g.mapset: added G_OPT_M_DIR for GISDBASE selection
     41 * G7:r.compress: print flag added; examples added
     42 * G7:r.mapcalc: Prevent concurrent raster reads when a MASK is present
     43 * G7:r.report: fix broken layout (units moved to right)
     44 * G7:r.surf.idw: exit with fatal error in case of FCELL or DCELL input
     45 * G7:v.category: fix option=transfer, #2618
     46 * G7:v.colors: reading from stdin is not supported, inform user about that
     47 * G7:v.in.ogr: do not use old projection for area calculations in new projection, improve topological cleaning suggestions
     48 * G7:v.surf.bspline: fix when no default DB is defined
     49 * G7:v.surf.rst: sync elevation color table with the new elevation table
     50 * G7:v.to.3d: make reverse transformation possible also for lines - contours
     51 * G7:v.vect.stats: fixed error msgs; examples added
     52 * G7:v.vol.rst: do not ignore null values in cross_input (causes serious slow down on MS Windows)
     53 * G7:v.what.strds: added
     54
     55==== GUI changes ====
     56
     57 * G7:g.mapsets: fix -s GUI dialog
     58 * wxGUI/animation: fix speed dialog problem caused by granularity problem
     59 * wxGUI/animation: fix setting region, broken in r65226
     60 * wxGUI/animation: fix exporting animation with multiple views and no data frames
     61 * wxGUI/composer: catch error due to Ghostscript missing or not in path
     62 * wxGUI/dbmgr: add clear button to reload all data
     63 * wxGUI/dbmgr: improve handling string where values (check for quotes)
     64 * wxGUI/dmgr: fix focus on Deselect all
     65 * wxGUI/iclass: fix basic functionality for Windows
     66 * wxGUI: change default command dialog style on Linuxù
     67 * wxGUI: copy button added (#2313)
     68 * wxGUI: don't fail when loading map layers in quiet mode (from workspace)
     69 * wxGUI: encode from unicode when saving module output to file, see #2614
     70 * wxGUI: fix #2634 by bringing back r64834 and removing unnecessary decode()
     71 * wxGUI: fix change current writing directory on Mac OSX - style=wx.DD_CHANGE_DIR is not working on Mac OSX
     72 * wxGUI: fix extension manager when metadata are not available
     73 * wxGUI: fix importing vectors with one geometry column
     74 * wxGUI: fix layertree error when switching to different location
     75 * wxGUI: fix reopening d.vect.thematic properties with multiple colors
     76 * wxGUI/profile: fix truncating values when exporting to csv
     77 * wxGUI: import only after grass.script.parser() call g.gui.*
     78 * wxGUI/nviz: fix the name in the toolbar
     79 * wxGUI/toolboxes: make tooboxes a little bit more independent from GUI
     80 * wxGUI/ws: fix dialog for wxPython 3.0
     81 * wxGUI: fix sqlbuilder verify button (#2661)
     82
     83==== Library changes ====
     84
     85 * dbmilib: fix db_copy_table() - overwrite existing table
     86 * libgis: fix missing std options in r64733
     87 * libgis: create standardized option for location and dbase, use it in r.proj, v.proj, g.mapset
     88 * libgis: Improve consistency of rand() between 32-bit and 64-bit platforms
     89 * libraster: use strerror(errno)
     90 * libraster: get_row.c: Fix NaN check in GDAL (r.external) support
     91
     92==== PyGRASS changes ====
     93
     94 * fix exception check, remove unused or duplicated code
     95 * removed references to !RasterNumpy
     96 * add VARCHAR column support on Table
     97 * fix undefined limits in the Parameter class
     98 * fix Area.boundaries()
     99 * backported RasterSegment fix r65174 related to #2599
     100 * include in command also parameters with value equal 0
     101 * documentation improvements
     102 * Add a new method to check the correctness of the provide parameter, a new special parameter: check_ is added to skip the check
     103
     104==== Map projection changes ====
     105
     106 * various modules: improve and streamline "override projection" message
     107
     108==== Portability changes ====
     109
     110 * gettext message macros: Rename _n macro to n_ to avoid clashes with other libs
     111 * Compile.make: change order of ldflags (gcc 4.8+ is more sensitive)
     112
     113==== Manual pages ====
     114
     115 * G7:d.legend manual: example + screenshot added
     116 * G7:d.rast.num manual: example + screenshot added
     117 * G7:d.vect.chart manual: screenshot added
     118 * G7:g.gui.vdigit manual: Added a paragraph on topological digitizing of polygons (+ some language corrections)
     119 * G7:g.mapsets manual: screenshot added for g.mapsets GUI; text improvements; HTML cosmetics
     120 * G7:i.eb.soilheatflux manual: more explanations about overpass time maps
     121 * pygrass manual: add missing import (PIPE)
     122 * G7:r.flow manual: examples added
     123 * G7:r.random.cells manual: clarify presence of 0
     124 * G7:r.relief manual: added 'Exporting shaded relief maps to GeoTIFF' example
     125 * G7:r.slope.aspect manual: examples added
     126 * G7:r.watershed manual: clarify low mem max amount of pixels
     127 * G7:v.vect.stats added to G7:vectorintro.html
     128 * G7:v.vol.rst manual: wmult -> wscale; zmult -> zscale
     129 * G7:wxGUI vdigit manual: expanded
     130 * rename section BUGS to KNOWN ISSUES in manuals
     131 * [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/libpython/script_intro.html Introduction to grass.script package]
     132 * [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/libpython/script.html#module-script.setup Detailed documentation of grass.script.setup.init function]
     133
     134==== Message translation updates ====
     135
     136 * Many languages updated with many new translations ([http://grass.osgeo.org/development/translations/#statistics see stats])
     137 * Maris Nartiss: Latvian translation (port from trunk)
     138 * Shulin Yang: Chinese translation cont'ed
     139 * Sylvain Maillard: French translation cont'ed
     140 * Stanislav Horáček: Czech translation updated
     141
     142=== Closed tickets ===
     143
     144==== Closed bugs since the last release ====
     145
     146[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.1&type=defect&order=priority)]]
     147
     148==== Closed wishes since the last release ====
     149
     150[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.1&type=enhancement&order=priority)]]
     151
     152==== Closed tasks since the last release ====
     153
     154[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.1&type=task&order=priority)]]