[GRASS5] features needed for 6.2

[Moritz Lennert]

Radim Blazek wrote:
> On 3/29/06, Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:
> 
>>Hamish wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Restructuring of the raster elements into a $MAPSET/raster/ dir means a
>>>break to GRASS 7.0. It makes sense that this should happen in
>>>combination with and at the same time as a revamp of the raster format
>>>itself. That way we only have to do the transition once.
>>
>>I disagree. Switching the raster directory layout is much simpler than
>>a new raster format. With the former, it's clear what needs to be
>>done; it's just a matter of doing it.
> 
> 
> Yes, but what benefits can a new dir structure bring to users?
> The GRASS database should always be access through library
> or modules.

This would mean that we need a module which allows the selective 
extraction of maps in GRASS format (without going through v.*.ascii).

Moritz