Changes between Version 29 and Version 30 of Release/7.6.0-News

Timestamp:

Jan 19, 2019, 2:23:14 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

veroandreo

Comment:

cosmetics

Release/7.6.0-News

@@ -49 +49 @@
  * G76:r.buildvrt - Builds a VRT (Virtual Raster) from the list of input raster maps
  * G76:r.path - Traces paths from starting points following input directions
+
 ==== Major module changes ====
 
@@ -56 +57 @@
  * G76:d.grid: use new GRASS API for coordinate transformation, use new PROJ 5+ API if available
  * G76:d.where: use new GRASS API for coordinate transformation, use new PROJ 5+ API if available
- * G76:g.gui.tplot: added capabilities to export plotted data in CSV file, to set x,y axis labels and title for the plot, added title,xlabel,ylabel support to command line, fixed bug with strds and CSV output
+ * G76:g.gui.tplot: added capabilities to export plotted data in CSV file, to set x,y axis labels and title for the plot, added title, xlabel, ylabel support to command line, fixed bug with strds and CSV output
  * G76:g.proj: use new GRASS API for coordinate transformation; use new PROJ 5+ API if available
  * G76:g.region: added pixel option, use new GRASS API for coordinate transformation, use new PROJ 5+ API if available
@@ -67 +68 @@
  * G76:r.horizon: allow negative angles; use new PROJ 5+ API if available
  * G76:r.latlong: use new GRASS GIS API for coordinate transformation; use new PROJ 5+ API if available
- * G76:r.proj: avoid longitude wrapping by PROJ, this is done by GRASS; use new GRASS API for coordinate transformation, +option for user-defined PROJ 5+ pipeline
+ * G76:r.proj: avoid longitude wrapping by PROJ, this is done by GRASS; use new GRASS API for coordinate transformation, added option for user-defined PROJ 5+ pipeline
  * G76:r.sun: use new GRASS GIS API for coordinate transformation; use new PROJ 5+ API if available
  * G76:r.sunhours: use new GRASS GIS API for coordinate transformation; use new PROJ 5+ API if available
  * G76:r.sunmask: use new GRASS GIS API for coordinate transformation; use new PROJ 5+ API if available
- * G76:v.proj: use new GRASS GIS API for coordinate transformation, +option for user-defined PROJ 5+ pipeline
+ * G76:v.proj: use new GRASS GIS API for coordinate transformation, added option for user-defined PROJ 5+ pipeline
 
 ==== Minor module changes ====
@@ -96 +97 @@
  * G76:r.cost: fix direction output when using a solver and directions are degree
  * G76:r.cost: add option to control which direction is used in case of multiple directions with equal costs, avoid circular paths when using solver
- * G76:r.cross: code clean-up, explain NULL handling;  create categories for output value 0, it is a valid result
- * G76:r.drain: Add a rule to avoid an exception from r.path, ignore values option if raster values are not used (no -c or -a flag)
+ * G76:r.cross: code clean-up, explain NULL handling; create categories for output value 0 since it is a valid result
+ * G76:r.drain: Add a rule to avoid an exception from G76:r.path, ignore values option if raster values are not used (no -c or -a flag)
  * G76:r.external: get real stats, not approximations for each band, write more metadata
  * G76:r.external.out, G76:r.out.gdal: add CRS EPSG code if available
- * G76:r.fillnulls: RST segmax/npmin logic is fixed to avoid segmentation on small holes, added memory parameter for internal r.resamp.bspline call
+ * G76:r.fillnulls: RST segmax/npmin logic is fixed to avoid segmentation on small holes, added memory parameter for internal G76:r.resamp.bspline call
  * G76:r.horizon: check if coordinates are within the current region, fixes #3634
  * G76:r.import: remove hardcoded memory limit, use auto-adjustment for lat/lon
  * G76:r.info: report Type of Map (raster, reclass, GDAL-link, virtual) also with -e flag
- * G76:r.info -s: always report total number of cells (backport trunk r73497)
+ * G76:r.info: always report total number of cells with -s
  * G76:r.info: use grass_int64 and j length modifier for total cells and number of non-null cells
  * G76:r.in.gdal: fix column offset and column mapping when limiting import to the current region
  * G76:r.in.gdal, G76:r.external: add test if OGR spatial reference is NULL
  * G76:r.in.gdal, G76:v.in.ogr: +GDAL config and dataset open options (#3413)
- * G76:r.in.gdal: print only proj comparison when -j flag is given (r.in.gdal -j is mostly used in scripts)
- * G76:r.in.lidar: Trim option affects only trimmean method, fail if user atempts to use it with other metods.
+ * G76:r.in.gdal: print only proj comparison when -j flag is given
+ * G76:r.in.lidar: Trim option affects only trimmean method, fail if user attempts to use it with other methods
  * G76:r.in.srtm: added support to SRTM SWBD, removed unzip dependencies, now it uses zipfile library
  * G76:r.in.wms: added missing .tif extension needed by gdalwarp (GDAL 2.3+)
- * G76:r.li.shannon: fix segfault in r.li.shannon (see #3676)
- * G76:r.mapcalc: +ceil, +floor
+ * G76:r.li.shannon: fix segfault (see #3676)
+ * G76:r.mapcalc: added ceil() and floor() functions
  * G76:r.out.gdal: improve range checks for float and double
  * G76:r.path: avoid infinite loop for invalid start point
@@ -123 +124 @@
  * G76:r.series: allow weight = 0, preserve input type if possible
  * G76:r.slope.aspect: add -n flag to create aspect as degrees clockwise from North (azimuth), with flat = -9999 (like gdaldem); new -e flag to compute values at edges (like gdaldem -compute_edges)
- * G76:r.texture: Fatal error if one of the requested output maps exists
+ * G76:r.texture: fatal error if one of the requested output maps exists
  * G76:r.tile: adjust cellhd of output tiles
  * G76:r.walk: add option to control which direction is used in case of multiple directions with equal costs, avoid circular paths when using solver
@@ -130 +131 @@
  * G76:t.info: activate history printing
  * G76:t.rast.univar: added non-null cells, see #3375
+ * G76:t.rast.algebra: added suffix option for time and granularity based raster map names
  * G76:v.buffer: use squared buffers around points when -s flag is set
  * G76:v.category: explain option=report (fixes #3643)
- * G76:v.colors: +flag to output color table type and value range (see #3077), add inferno, magma and plasma color tables
+ * G76:v.colors: add flag to output color table type and value range (see #3077), add inferno, magma and plasma color tables
  * G76:v.db.addtable: create unique index
  * G76:v.db.dropcolumn: preserve field length for field type CHARACTER
  * G76:v.decimate: add attribute table to output (fixes #3541)
- * G76:v.distance: do not clear existing records if no nearest feature found, use default db connection of current mapset for new vector db connection, improve iterative search and speed improvement for small dmax
+ * G76:v.distance: do not clear existing records if no nearest feature is found, use default db connection of current mapset for new vector db connection, improve iterative search and improvement speed for small dmax
  * G76:v.external: disable GRASS-PostGIS driver
  * G76:v.external.out: add CRS EPSG code if available
@@ -144 +146 @@
  * G76:v.in.ogr, G76:v.external: OGR dsn and GRASS db connections are independent of each other
  * G76:v.in.pdal: change API calls to PDAL 1.6.0, see #3496 and #2732
- * G76:v.lidar.correction: turn percent-related messages to be important (cosmetics)
- * G76:v.lidar.growing: uppercase message (sync with v.lidar.edgedetection)
  * G76:v.out.ogr: create and write a new feature only once to avoid duplicate fid's, check return of OGR_L_CreateFeature(), do not modify OGR dsn, add CRS EPSG code if available
- * G76:v.overlay: speedup for large, complex input areas
- * G76:v.patch: ignore order of columns and only check name + type (fixes #3566)
- * G76:v.profile: Use GEOS for buffer generation due to errors in native buffering functions
- * G76:v.random: fix comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions warnings (TODO: replace long with int64), restrict join attributes, see #3528, restrict wrong categories assigned, see #3524
- * G76:v.rast.stats: add number of NULL cells to method option, check for existence of attribute table before launching v.to.rast, add where option, fix #3523
+ * G76:v.overlay: speedup for large and complex input areas
+ * G76:v.patch: ignore order of columns and only check name and type (fixes #3566)
+ * G76:v.profile: use GEOS for buffer generation due to errors in native buffering functions
+ * G76:v.random: fix comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions warnings, restrict join attributes, see #3528, restrict wrong categories assigned, see #3524
+ * G76:v.rast.stats: add number of NULL cells to method option, check for existence of attribute table before launching G76:v.to.rast, add where option, fix #3523
  * G76:v.select: correct class/non-class methods, ws, naming (runs python -tt, full pep8, some pylint), improve processing speed, make it clear that 'overlap' is 'intersects' in GEOS, not 'overlaps', re-organize code to select features from vector map A by features from other vector map B (fixes #3361), fix attribute table key name
- * G76:v.select: output map is now only created if any elements are found
+ * G76:v.select: output map is now only created if elements are found
  * G76:v.surf.rst: clarify default smooth value
- * G76:v.to.db: check if column(s) exist before updating, includes check for correct column type, create column(s) of not existing, see #3466 (backport trunk r73236), double-quote strings to protect single quotes, as in G76:v.in.ogr, fix compactness and fractal dimension (fixes #3102), +unit conversion for compactness
+ * G76:v.to.db: check if column(s) exist before updating, includes check for correct column type, create column(s) of not existing, see #3466, double-quote strings to protect single quotes, as in G76:v.in.ogr, fix compactness and fractal dimension (fixes #3102), add unit conversion for compactness
  * G76:v.to.rast: add support for centroids
  * G76:v.vect.stats: map label/description UI fix
  * G76:v.what.rast3: fix v.what.rast author's name
- * G76:v.what.vect: distance units are meters for lat-long
+ * G76:v.what.vect: distance units are meters for lat/long
 
 ==== Improvements in the Graphical User Interface ====
 
  * wxGUI: wxPython 4 compatibility
- * wxGUI: add settings to show computational region extent by default in map display, see #3519
+ * wxGUI: computational region extent is shown by default in map display, see #3519
  * wxGUI: catch also WindowsError when unable to load GRASS libs
  * wxGUI: correctly delete layertree, see #3505
@@ -228 +228 @@
  * pygrass: Category.__init__ expects map name to be provided
  * pygrass: grid avoid to add a mapset if already present in the path
- * pygrass: grid: Fix doctest
  * pygrass: number_of() add support for boundaries and centroids
- * pygrass: Provide better error message when raster row index is out of range; Raise IndexError (instead of fatal exit) when operating on a colsed map. This is a more Pythonic way.
+ * pygrass: Provide better error message when raster row index is out of range; Raise IndexError (instead of fatal exit) when operating on a closed map
  * pygrass: raster PEP8 cleanup
  * pygrass: shortcuts: Fix use of python reserved words
- * pygrass: fix wrongly reports lines for point vector maps, see #3549
+ * pygrass: fix wrongly reported lines for point vector maps, see #3549
  * python ctypes: add __int64 to ctypes_type_map
 
 ==== Projection support ====
 
- * Support of PROJ v.5 added
+ * Support for PROJ v.5 added
  * configure: use new PROJ API only with proj-5.1.x or higher, otherwise fall back to old PROJ.4 API
 
@@ -277 +276 @@
  * Vlib, Vect_merge_lines(): use correct line type in messages
  * Vlib: fix fp error in Vect_segment_intersection()
- * temporal algebra: Added suffix option for time and granularity based raster map names
  * temporal algebra: Do not create the parsertab file when running the algebra
  * temporal library: eval support for G76:t.info, see #3264