= GRASS GIS 7.8.2 =

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A short summary of changes: '''[wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures78 New features in GRASS 7.8]'''

=== Releases ===

==== Stable Release ====

 * Release date: ''11 Dec 2019''
 * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/ChangeLog_7.8.2.gz
 * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g78x
 * Source code:
   * https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/7.8.2
   * https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.2.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.2.md5sum md5sum])

==== Release Candidate 2 (RC2) ====

 * Release date: ''7 Dec 2019''
 * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/ChangeLog_7.8.2RC2.gz
 * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g78x
 * Source code:
   * https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/7.8.2RC2
   * https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.2RC2.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.2RC2.md5sum md5sum])

==== Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ====

 * Release date: ''28 Nov 2019''
 * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/ChangeLog_7.8.2RC1.gz
 * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g78x
 * Source code:
   * https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/7.8.2RC1
   * https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.2RC1.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.2RC1.md5sum md5sum])

=== Git Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"7.8.2"]
 * 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 * Git clone of latest 7.8 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):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 focus of this release are stability fixes.

**Breaking news: Python 3, PROJ 6 and GDAL 3 compatibility in 7.8**. Important fixes for the datum management with all supported PROJ versions.

The GRASS GIS 7.8.2 release provides '''more than [https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/compare/releasebranch_7_8@%7B11-09-19%7D...releasebranch_7_8@%7B12-07-19%7D 51 fixes and improvements]''' with respect to the release 7.8.1.

==== New modules ====

 * n/a

==== Major module changes ====

(see also below for closed bugs)

 * G78:r.import: updated to be used in parallel jobs
 * G78:r.topidx: [https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/193 r.topidx: fix bug which shows up with very steep slopes]
 * G78:v.in.ogr: important fix for PostGIS connections: the order of features as returned by OGR might change in the second pass when assigning centroids to areas (triggered in parallelized PostGIS access). Fixed by using binary balanced search tree to map fid to cat

==== Minor module changes ====

(see also below for closed bugs)

 * grass startup: added support for Google chrome and Chromium browsers
 * G78:g.mapsets: fixed missing checkboxes
 * G78:i.tasscap: support for Worldview-2 added
 * G78:r.in.wms: added GDAL driver user:password support; added wms_version 1.1.0; write string not bytes to capabilities file
 * G78:r.topidx: fix bug with steep slopes (#193); fix bug which showed up if there are negative TWI values

==== Improvements in the Graphical User Interface ====

 * wxGUI: fixed "!ImportError: cannot import name '!NewIdRef' on some systems
 * wxGUI: do not fail on invalid RC file
 * wxGUI: replace obsolete !wx.BitmapFromImage
 * wxGUI wxplot: use wxpython plotting instead of old local copy

==== Python scripting ====

 * stability fixes regarding the Python 3 support

==== Projection support ====

 * Important fixes for datum support (PROJ 4, 5, 6)

==== GDAL support ====

 * GDAL 3 support: fixed missing `gdal300.dll error`

==== Database support ====

 * n/a

==== Library changes ====

 * libraster gdal.c: add .so/.dll for GDAL 3.0

==== JSON /  REST support ====

 * n/a

==== Unit tests / CI ====

 * n/a

==== User Manuals - Documentation ====

 * Cleanup of multiple manual pages

==== Portability ====

 * osgeo4w: fix postinstall

==== Docker support ====

 * n/a

==== Message Translations ====

 * i18N: added new translations from Transifex (https://www.transifex.com/grass-gis/grass7/dashboard/)

=== New Addons since GRASS 7.8.1 ===

 * n/a

=== Closed tickets ===

==== Closed bugs since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.8.2&type=defect&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]

==== Closed wishes since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.8.2&type=enhancement&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]