= GRASS GIS 7.0.1 Release Candidate = [[TOC]] === Releases === Release Candidate 2 (RC2): * Release date: ''20 July 2015'' * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g70x * Changelog: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/ChangeLog_7.0.1RC2.gz * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.1RC2.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.1RC2.md5sum md5sum]) * SVN Source Code Checkout 7.0.1RC2: {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20150720_grass_7_0_1RC2 }}} Release Candidate 1 (RC1): * Release date: ''14 June 2015'' * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g70x * Changelog: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/ChangeLog_7.0.1RC1.gz * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.1RC1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.1RC1.md5sum md5sum]) * SVN Source Code Checkout 7.0.1RC1: {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20150614_grass_7_0_1RC1 }}} === SVN Source Code === * Milestone: [milestone:"7.0.1"] * SVN Checkout latest 7.0 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes): {{{ svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0 }}} === Overview of changes === A series of stability fixes, manual improvements and a few language translations have been added. The first release candidate GRASS GIS 7.0.1RC1 provides '''168 fixes and improvements''' with respect to GRASS GIS 7.0.0. The second release candidate GRASS GIS 7.0.1RC2 provides '''55 fixes and improvements''' with respect to the first release candidate. ==== Major module changes ==== * none ==== Minor module changes ==== * G70:g.extention: improve handling of broken zip files on Windows * G70:g.manual: use web browser package * G70:g.mapset: added G_OPT_M_DIR for GISDBASE selection * G70:r.compress: print flag added; examples added * G70:r.report: fix broken layout (units moved to right) * G70:r.surf.idw: exit with fatal error in case of FCELL or DCELL input * G70:v.category: fix option=transfer, #2618 * G70:v.colors: reading from stdin is not supported, inform user about that * G70:v.in.ogr: do not use old projection for area calculations in new projection, improve topological cleaning suggestions * G70:v.surf.bspline: fix when no default DB is defined * G70:v.surf.rst: sync elevation color table with the new elevation table * G70:v.to.3d: make reverse transformation possible also for lines - contours * G70:v.vect.stats: fixed error msgs; examples added * G70:v.vol.rst: do not ignore null values in cross_input (causes serious slow down on MS Windows) ==== GUI changes ==== * G70:g.mapsets: fix -s GUI dialog * wxGUI/animation: fix speed dialog problem caused by granularity problem * wxGUI/animation: fix setting region, broken in r65226 * wxGUI/animation: fix exporting animation with multiple views and no data frames * wxGUI/composer: catch error due to Ghostscript missing or not in path * wxGUI/dbmgr: add clear button to reload all data * wxGUI/dbmgr: improve handling string where values (check for quotes) * wxGUI/dmgr: fix focus on Deselect all * wxGUI/iclass: fix basic functionality for Windows * wxGUI: change default command dialog style on Linuxù * wxGUI: copy button added (#2313) * wxGUI: don't fail when loading map layers in quiet mode (from workspace) * wxGUI: encode from unicode when saving module output to file, see #2614 * wxGUI: fix change current writing directory on Mac OSX - style=wx.DD_CHANGE_DIR is not working on Mac OSX * wxGUI: fix #2634 by bringing back r64834 and removing unnecessary decode() * wxGUI: fix extension manager when metadata are not available * wxGUI: fix importing vectors with one geometry column * wxGUI: fix layertree error when switching to different location * wxGUI/profile: fix truncating values when exporting to csv * wxGUI: import only after grass.script.parser() call g.gui.* * wxGUI/nviz: fix the name in the toolbar * wxGUI/toolboxes: make tooboxes a little bit more independent from GUI * wxGUI/ws: fix dialog for wxPython 3.0 * wxGUI: fix sqlbuilder verify button (#2661) ==== Library changes ==== * dbmilib: fix db_copy_table() - overwrite existing table * libgis: fix missing std options in r64733 * libgis: create standardized option for location and dbase, use it in r.proj, v.proj, g.mapset * libgis: Improve consistency of rand() between 32-bit and 64-bit platforms * libraster: use strerror(errno) * libraster: get_row.c: Fix NaN check in GDAL (r.external) support ==== PyGRASS changes ==== * fix exception check, remove unused or duplicated code * removed references to !RasterNumpy * add VARCHAR column support on Table * fix undefined limits in the Parameter class * fix Area.boundaries() * backported RasterSegment fix r65174 related to #2599 * include in command also parameters with value equal 0 * documentation improvements * Add a new method to check the correctness of the provide parameter, a new special parameter: check_ is added to skip the check ==== Map projection changes ==== * various modules: improve and streamline "override projection" message ==== Portability changes ==== * gettext message macros: Rename _n macro to n_ to avoid clashes with other libs * Compile.make: change order of ldflags (gcc 4.8+ is more sensitive) ==== Manual pages ==== * G70:d.legend manual: example + screenshot added * G70:d.rast.num manual: example + screenshot added * G70:d.vect.chart manual: screenshot added * G70:g.gui.vdigit manual: Added a paragraph on topological digitizing of polygons (+ some language corrections) * G70:g.mapsets manual: screenshot added for g.mapsets GUI; text improvements; HTML cosmetics * G70:i.eb.soilheatflux manual: more explanations about overpass time maps * pygrass manual: add missing import (PIPE) * G70:r.flow manual: examples added * G70:r.random.cells manual: clarify presence of 0 * G70:r.relief manual: added 'Exporting shaded relief maps to GeoTIFF' example * G70:r.slope.aspect manual: examples added * G70:r.watershed manual: clarify low mem max amount of pixels * G70:v.vect.stats added to G70:vectorintro.html * G70:v.vol.rst manual: wmult -> wscale; zmult -> zscale * G70:wxGUI vdigit manual: expanded * rename section BUGS to KNOWN ISSUES in manuals * [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/libpython/script_intro.html Introduction to grass.script package] * [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/libpython/script.html#module-script.setup Detailed documentation of grass.script.setup.init function] ==== Message translation updates ==== * Many languages updated with many new translations ([http://grass.osgeo.org/development/translations/#statistics see stats]) * Maris Nartiss: Latvian translation (port from trunk) * Shulin Yang: Chinese translation cont'ed * Sylvain Maillard: French translation cont'ed * Stanislav Horáček: Czech translation updated === Closed tickets === ==== Closed bugs since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.1&type=defect&order=priority)]] ==== Closed wishes since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.1&type=enhancement&order=priority)]] ==== Closed tasks since the last release ==== [[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.1&type=task&order=priority)]]