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Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand-aX1nC9UfZf8@public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2015, Markus Neteler wrote:
>
>> Dear Roger,
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand-aX1nC9UfZf8@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> Dear Markus,
>>>
>>> Good to hear you are well! Great that RC1 is ready!
>>
>> Yeah, it took us a while but the latest cleanup efforts where really
>> important. I expect that we will proceed from RC1 to final release
>> rather fast (finally!).
>>
>>> Yes, I guess it would be sensible to condition on version in these cases, so
>>> first add comments for hard-coded flags and options (there are also some
>>> changes in type, I think). In addition, bin_out_win in parseGRASS() needs
>>> updating and/or conditioning on version, and the logic for handling where
>>> Python scripts are found should be looked at.
>>
>> Yes, fine.
>>
>>> You do not (yet) have commit rights on:
>>> https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/rspatial/ where spgrass6 lives.
>>
>> I have now registered on R-Forge.
>>
>>> Two alignments: should GRASS5 support (GRASS packages) be dropped (yes)?
>>
>> Yes, dropped.
>>
>>> Should spgrass6 be forked into (new) spgrass which supports >= 7, and leave
>>> spgrass6 for 6.*?
>>
>> I'd support to fork in order to not have too many conditions in the code.
>>
>>> If fork, is SVN on R-Forge OK?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> After forking, as of now:
>
> install.packages("spgrass", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
>
> installs the "new" package for GRASS 7. Function names are now without
> the trailing 6 to avoid confusion, and all examples run correctly in
> Spearfish in GRASS 7.0 RC1.
>
> Could someone please run the examples in Spearfish in GRASS 7.0 RC1 on
> Windows after installing the Windoes spgrass binary (R 3.1) from
> R-Forge, and report back?
>
> Could someone please install spgrass from source on OSX (pre-Yosemite
> and Yosemite), run the examples in Spearfish, and report back?

I installed now spgrass and have the GRASS 7 Spearfish dataset. Which
examples are you referring to to be run?

Rainer

>
> The existing spgrass6 does not work with GRASS 7 following recent
> changes in GRASS parameter names - it may be modified either to permit
> these, or to remove GRASS 7 conditions, leaving it just for GRASS 6.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roger
>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Markus
>>

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