Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Release/7.8.1-News

Timestamp:

Oct 29, 2019, 2:21:55 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

neteler

Comment:

GRASS GIS 7.8.1RC1 released

Release/7.8.1-News

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+= GRASS GIS 7.8.1 =
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+[[TOC]]
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+A short summary of changes: '''[wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures78 New features in GRASS 7.8]'''
+
+=== Releases ===
+
+==== Stable Release ====
+
+ * TBD
+
+==== Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ====
+
+ * Release date: ''29 Oct 2019''
+ * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/ChangeLog_7.8.1RC1.gz
+ * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g78x
+ * Source code:
+   * https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/7.8.1RC1
+   * https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.1RC1.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.1RC1.md5sum md5sum])
+
+=== Git Source Code ===
+
+ * Milestone: [milestone:"7.8.1"]
+ * Release branch created on 4 Aug 2019 (GH d4879d4)
+ * Git clone of latest 7.8 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):
+{{{ 
+  git clone https://github.com/OSGeo/grass.git
+  cd grass
+  git checkout releasebranch_7_8
+}}}
+
+=== Overview of changes ===
+
+The most important change is the new Python-3 support. In this release, PROJ 6 and GDAL 3 support has been added. Importantly, the new version is backward compatible with older 7.x releases.
+
+**Breaking news: Python 3 compatibility in 7.8**
+
+The GRASS GIS 7.8.1 release provides '''more than [https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/compare/releasebranch_7_6...releasebranch_7_8 TODO fixes and improvements]''' with respect to the stable release 7.8.0.
+
+==== New modules ====
+
+ * G78:...
+
+==== Major module changes ====
+
+(see also below for closed bugs)
+
+ * G78:...
+
+==== Minor module changes ====
+
+(see also below for closed bugs)
+
+Modules:
+ * G78:...
+
+==== Improvements in the Graphical User Interface ====
+
+ * wxGUI: fixes for Python 3
+
+==== Python scripting ====
+
+ * ...
+
+==== Projection support ====
+
+ * libproj: PROJ 6 support added
+
+==== Database support ====
+
+ * ...
+
+==== Library changes ====
+
+ * ...
+
+==== Unit tests / CI ====
+
+ * ...
+
+==== User Manuals - Documentation ====
+
+ * various manual pages: examples added/updated
+
+==== Portability ====
+
+ * Python-3 support implemented across the tree
+
+==== Docker support ====
+
+ * Various docker images listed at: https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/docker-images/
+ * Dockerfile: updated to Python 3 and various base distributions
+
+==== Message Translations ====
+
+ * i18N: added new translations from Transifex (https://www.transifex.com/grass-gis/grass7/dashboard/)
+
+=== New Addons since GRASS 7.8.0 ===
+
+ * G7A:...
+
+=== Closed tickets ===
+
+==== Closed bugs since the last release ====
+
+[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.8.1&type=defect&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]
+
+==== Closed wishes since the last release ====
+
+[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.8.1&type=enhancement&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]