GRASS GIS 7.8.1

A short summary of changes: New features in GRASS 7.8

Releases

Stable Release

• Release date: 9 Nov 2019
• Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/ChangeLog_7.8.1.gz
• Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g78x
• Source code:
  • ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/7.8.1
  • https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.1.tar.gz (md5sum)

Release Candidate 2 (RC2)

• Release date: 6 Nov 2019
• Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/ChangeLog_7.8.1RC2.gz
• Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g78x
• Source code:
  • ​https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/7.8.1RC2
  • https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.1RC2.tar.gz (md5sum)

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 (md5sum)

Git Source Code

• 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• Git clone of latest 7.8 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):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 GRASS 7.x releases and older GDAL 2.x and PROJ 4/5 releases.

Breaking news: Python 3 compatibility in 7.8

The GRASS GIS 7.8.1 release provides more than ​80 fixes and improvements with respect to the stable release 7.8.0.

New modules

• n/a

Major module changes

(see also below for closed bugs)

• G78:r.to.vect: break line when value changes
• G78:v.digit: fix digitizing on Windows

Minor module changes

(see also below for closed bugs)

Modules:

• G78:g.extension: #3902 multiple metadata entries
• G78:i.vi: red band not required and GUI section modified
• G78:i.zc: avoid integer overflow with large maps
• G78:r.fillnulls fix to run in Python 3
• G78:r.slope.aspect: fix -e flag to calculate values at edges
• G78:v.out.ogr: export datetime attributes as datetime type
• G78:v.to.rast: print message if missing attribute values are replaced with 0
• G78:t.vect.export: GPKG support added

Improvements in the Graphical User Interface

• G78:g.gui.psmap: fixes for Python 3
• wxGUI: fixes for Python 3, fix deprecated wx.NewId(), replace deprecated wx.!Yield()
• wxGUI: avoid printing annoying wx debug message on startup
• wxGUI/animation: fix deprecation warnings
• get rid of wx.insertStringItem deprecation warnings

Python scripting

• fixes for Python 3

Projection support

• libproj: PROJ 6 support added
• libproj: fix treatment of proj extension in wkt

Database support

• n/a

Graphical User Interface

• wxGUI: added install "no translation" function
• wxGUI: fix d.mon rendering #3896, caused by garbage collection of maplayer resulting in deleting mapfile

Library changes

• n/a

Unit tests / CI

• n/a

User Manuals - Documentation

• various manual pages: examples added/updated
• r.sim.water: NC SPM example and other modernizations

Portability

• Python-3 support implemented across the tree
• OSGeo4W: build fixes, rewrite of package.sh, GDAL3/PROJ6 support
• OSGeo4W: geos-config: Rename --libs to --clibs (configure uses --clibs)

Docker support

• Various docker images listed at: https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/docker-images/
• Dockerfile: updated to Python 3 and various base distributions
• use copy instead of git clone in Dockerfiles

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

#3781

v.in.geonames - fails in winGRASS7.7 (python3)

#3871

winGRASS: vector digitizing error messages

#3873

winGRASS Version: 7.7.dev - deprecated warning in 3D modus

#3875

GRASS doesn't start with non-system locale

#3882

winGRASS: not able to digitize vector polygons

#3885

wxGUI no longer shows start image

#3895

g.gui.animation deprecation messages

#3902

g.extension problem: multiple entries, slowing down GRASS startup

#3904

7.9.dev: startup warning

#3906

g.gui.psmap needs Python upgrade

#3921

GUI fails to start if rc contains missing mapset

#3928

parser: --json bug with white space in parameter values

#3932

i.vi: NDWI unnecessarily requires red band

#3938

v.out.ogr and Date fields

Closed wishes since the last release

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