= GRASS GIS 7.2.3 =

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A short summary of LTS changes: '''[wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures72 New features in GRASS 7.2]''' (note: current is '''[wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures74 New features in GRASS 7.4]''')


=== Releases ===

==== Stable Release ====

 * Release date: ''22 Mar 2018''~~
 * Announcement: https://grass.osgeo.org/news/74/15/GRASS-GIS-7-2-3-LTS-released/
 * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/ChangeLog_7.2.3.gz
 * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g72x
 * Source code: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2.3.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2.3.md5sum md5sum])
 * SVN Source Code Checkout 7.2.3:
{{{
  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20180322_grass_7_2_3
}}}

==== Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ====

 * Release date: ''10 Mar 2018''
 * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/ChangeLog_7.2.3RC1.gz
 * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#G72x
 * Source code: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2.3RC1.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2.3RC1.md5sum md5sum])
 * SVN Source Code Checkout 7.2.3RC1:
{{{
  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20180310_grass_7_2_3RC1
}}}

=== SVN Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"7.2.3"]
 * SVN Checkout latest 7.2 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):
{{{ 
  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_2
}}}

=== Overview of changes ===

This is a bug fix release. A series of stability fixes, manual improvements, and a few language translations have been added.

The GRASS GIS 7.2.3 release provides '''more than 230 fixes and improvements''' with respect to the stable release 7.2.2.

==== Minor module changes ====

(see also below for closed bugs)

 * grass startup script: added version output 'grass72 --config version'
 * G72:d.mon: notes on functionality added
 * G72:i.vi: fix typo in NDVI from Sentinel bands
 * G72:r.in.srtm: Print an error instead of fail in XY location
 * G72:r.out.gdal: export inf values
 * G72:r.random.surface: rename variable Surface to RSurface to avoid compiler error
 * G72:r.stream.extract: remove problematic infinity as default, use 64 bit integer to support large regions
 * G72:r.viewshed: fix binary output
 * G72:r.watershed: reduce chance of integer overflow
 * G72:t.info: activate -h flag, fixes #3322 
 * G72:t.rast.mapcalc and G72:t.rast.algebra: manual edits (trunk, r71879)
 * G72:v.external: notes on limitations added to the manual
 * G72:v.external: mixed up IDs from PostGIS tables, fixes #3248
 * G72:v.import: do not snap by default
 * G72:v.info: Added layer specific database information to extended metadata 
 * G72:v.voronoi: update parameter description

=== Library changes ===

 * use GEOS C API (#3421). Credits to Bas Couwenberg
 * diglib: fix bug caused by compiler optimizations
 * iostreamlib: fix memory manager
 * pythonlib: add addon bin dir to path on all platforms
 * rasterlib: Eliminate RPC/XDR dependency from raster library

=== Portability changes ===

 * fix startup on MS Windows when username contains non-ascii characters, #3508

[[Image(grass-error-fixed.png, 400px)]]

=== Improvements in the Graphical User Interface ===

 * G72:wxGUI: fix WMS service in latlong locations

=== User Manuals - Documentation ===

 * Various manual pages: new screenshots added, thanks to [https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GCI_Ideas_2017 Google Code-in]
 * Added missing height HTML tags according to submitting rules (needed for wxGIU html browser)

=== Message Translations ===

 * Translations now managed in Transifex (please join and translate messages): https://www.transifex.com/grass-gis/grass72

=== Dockerfile ===

 * Updated, docker image available e.g. at https://hub.docker.com/r/neteler/grassgis7/

=== New Addons since GRASS 7.2.2 ===

 * G7A:g.download.location: get, extract and place location from any URL
 * G7A:i.cutlines: Creates semantically meaningful tile borders
 * G7A:i.pysptools.unmix: Extract endmembers from imagery group and perform spectral unmixing using pysptools
 * G7A:i.sentinel.download: Downloads Sentinel satellite data from Copernicus Open Access Hub using [https://sentinelsat.readthedocs.io/ sentinelsat library]
 * G7A:i.sentinel.import: Imports Sentinel satellite data downloaded from Copernicus Open Access Hub using G7A:i.sentinel.download
 * G7A:r.clip: simple module to crop rasters to region
 * G7A:r.spread.sod: Stochastic landscape spread model of forest pathogen - Sudden Oak Death (SOD)

=== Closed tickets ===

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

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.2.3&type=defect&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]

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

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.2.3&type=enhancement&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]