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GRASS GIS 7.8.1
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A short summary of changes: New features in GRASS 7.8
Releases
Stable Release
- TBD
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:
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:
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- Git clone of latest 7.8 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):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 7.x releases.
Breaking news: Python 3 compatibility in 7.8
The GRASS GIS 7.8.1 release provides more than 71 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: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.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: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
Database support
- ...
Library changes
- libgis: support for GDAL 3 added
Unit tests / CI
- ...
User Manuals - Documentation
- various manual pages: examples added/updated
Portability
- Python-3 support implemented across the tree
- OSGeo4w: build fixes, rewrite of package.sh, GDAL3/PROJ6 support
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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