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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On the new download pages, I just noticed that the dev versions are referenced like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GRASS GIS 7.9 devel (unstable)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This implies that GRASS 7.9 is risky and perhaps minimally useable. The reality is that it works very well but has some new features that might be buggy or might change. While we want to indicate these differences
from the current stable version, we don’t want to discourage people from trying it (and reporting any issues).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I suggest that we reference it as
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GRASS GIS 7.9 devel (development)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GRASS GIS 7.9 devel (preview)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">______________________________</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E">C. Michael Barton <br>
Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity<br>
Director, Network for Computational Modeling in Social & Ecological Sciences<br>
Associate Director, School of Complex Adaptive Systems<br>
Professor, School of Human Evolution & Social Change<br>
Arizona State University<br>
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402<br>
USA<br>
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voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-965-8130/727-9746 (CSDC)<br>
fax: 480-965-7671(SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC)<br>
www: <a href="http://shesc.asu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://shesc.asu.edu</span></a>, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E"><a href="https://complexity.asu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://complexity.asu.edu</span></a>, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:#5E5E5E"><a href="http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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