Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Release/7.6.1-News

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Mar 3, 2019, 11:58:29 AM (5 years ago)

Author:

neteler

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+ Release/7.6.1-News draft

Release/7.6.1-News

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+= GRASS GIS 7.6.1 =
+
+[[TOC]]
+
+A short summary of changes: '''[wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures76 New features in GRASS 7.6]'''
+
+=== Releases ===
+
+==== Stable Release ====
+
+ * tbd
+
+==== Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ====
+
+ * Release date: ''DD MMM 2019''~~
+ * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/ChangeLog_7.6.1RC1.gz
+ * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g76x
+ * Source code: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/grass-7.6.1RC1.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass76/source/grass-7.6.1RC1.md5sum md5sum])
+ * SVN Source Code Checkout 7.6.0RC1:
+{{{
+  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_2019MMMDD_grass_7_6_0RC1
+}}}
+
+=== SVN Source Code ===
+
+ * Milestone: [milestone:"7.6.1"]
+ * Release branch created in r73210
+ * SVN Checkout latest 7.6 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):
+{{{ 
+  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_6
+}}}
+
+=== Overview of changes ===
+
+A series of new features and stability fixes, manual improvements, and a few language translations have been added. Importantly, the new version is backward compatible with older 7.x releases.
+
+The GRASS GIS 7.6.1 release provides '''more than XXX fixes and improvements''' with respect to the stable release 7.6.0.
+
+==== New modules ====
+
+ * n/a
+
+==== Major module changes ====
+
+(see also below for closed bugs)
+
+ * G76:v.external: enable GRASS-internal PostGIS driver again
+
+==== Minor module changes ====
+
+(see also below for closed bugs)
+
+ * G76:r.buildvrt: manual cosmetics
+ * G76:r.compress: fix for r74005 to avoid nul msg when GRASS_COMPRESSOR undefined; print which compression method is actually applied
+ * G76:r.compress: update documentation with regard to ZSTD as default compression if available, see #3758
+ * G76:r.kappa: Pass correct map@mapset combo to the r.stats call
+ * G76:r.stats manual: example of report raster cell counts of multiple raster maps added; use <h3> tag in examples
+ * G76:v.in.ogr: set spatial filter to correct geometry field if geometry option is given
+ * G76:v.out.lidar: print names of column/table in error messages
+
+==== Improvements in the Graphical User Interface ====
+
+ * n/a
+
+==== Python scripting ====
+
+ * n/a
+
+==== Projection support ====
+
+ * n/a
+
+==== Library changes ====
+
+ * change libname to major.minor, see #3728
+ * libgis: do_spawn() notify which command failed and why
+ * mkhtml.py: catch Python-3.6 unicode error in escape_href() for lib/init/helptext.html
+ * grass.py: browser = "xdg-open" as fallback; no browser message spam in batch jobs; small help text wording and standardization
+ * grass.py: fix r73977 as "grass_gui" var does not exist on headless cloud systems 
+
+==== Unit tests ====
+
+ * G76:Travis-CI: updated to use xenial instead of the outdated trusty distro
+ * test_framework_GRASS_GIS_with_NC.sh: moved into 'examples/' subdir to prevent from undesired execution in online testsuite
+ * test_framework_GRASS_GIS_with_NC.sh: store configuration in separate file
+
+==== User Manuals - Documentation ====
+
+ * G76:r.compress manual: ZLIB is no longer the default compression method (ZSTD is the default), updated
+
+==== Portability ====
+
+ * wingrass: change installation target, see #3732
+ * wingrass: wrong OSGEO4W_ROOT when installing OSGeo4W to different target directory, see #3724
+
+==== Docker support ====
+
+ * n/a
+ * docker image available at https://hub.docker.com/r/mundialis/grass-gis-stable/
+
+==== Message Translations ====
+
+ * i18N: added new translations from Transifex (https://www.transifex.com/grass-gis/grass7/dashboard/)
+
+=== New Addons since GRASS 7.6.0 ===
+
+ * G7A:...
+
+=== Closed tickets ===
+
+==== Closed bugs since the last release ====
+
+[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.6.1&type=defect&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]
+
+==== Closed wishes since the last release ====
+
+[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.6.1&type=enhancement&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]