[GRASS-SVN] r42810 - grass-web/trunk/announces

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Author: neteler
Date: 2010-07-17 07:56:43 +0000 (Sat, 17 Jul 2010)
New Revision: 42810

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 [DATE]
 http://grass.osgeo.org
 
-GRASS 6.3.0 is a "technology preview" release, the first beta on the
+GRASS 6.4 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX....XXX release, the first beta on the
 path to GRASS 6.4-stable, and also marks the start of work on GRASS 7.
 As such GRASS 6.3.0 is not intended to be a stable release with ongoing
 support, but after five months of quality-assurance review users can be

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+We are pleased to announce the release of the new stable version GRASS
+GIS 6.4. As a stable release, GRASS 6.4 will enjoy long term support
+for daily production work. Due to our conservative stabilization
+policy this is the first official version of GRASS to introduce new
+features since October 2006 and supersedes the previous stable line of
+GRASS 6.2. As such the floodgates are open and there are many new
+features to explore and many new structural improvements to be found
+(for details, see <link>). GRASS has now been translated to twenty
+languages and supports a huge array of data formats through the
+commonly used Geospatial Data Abstaction Library (link to
+http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/SoftwareUsingGdal) .
+
+GRASS 6.4 brings a number of exciting enhancements: First and foremost
+our new wxPython user interface is debuted, Python is now a fully
+supported scripting language, and for the first time since its
+inception with a port from the VAX 11/780 in 1983, GRASS will now run
+natively on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows.
+
+In addition to bringing the GRASS GIS suite to a host of new users,
+the ability to run GRASS on any common computer platform furthers our
+goal of open access to the GRASS GIS suite. We hope you will enjoy the
+ability to use this GIS suite on the system that is most convenient to
+you and your work.
+
+Due to the freshness of WinGrass there may be some rough edges yet to
+discover, but we believe the foundation is solid and so any problems
+will be solved quickly. If need be, enhanced 6.4 releases will be made
+available. None the less, after 1.5 years of dedicated
+quality-assurance review we are very pleased with the results. Users
+can be confident to use this version for their day to day work, indeed
+due to the open development model many already do. Existing UNIX and
+Mac users will be happy to know that these new features do not disrupt
+their base GIS which remains as solid as ever and fully backwards
+compatible with earlier GRASS 6.0 and 6.2 releases.
+
+Full story at http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass640.html
+


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 <BR>
 
 We are pleased to announce the release of
- <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS GIS 6.4.0</a>, the first in the
+ <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS GIS 6.4</a>, the first in the
 new line of 6.4.x stable releases. As a stable release 6.4 will enjoy
-long term support including a series of planned bugfix-only releases.
+long term support.
 Due to our conservative stabilization policy this is the first official
 version of GRASS to introduce new features since October 2006 and
 supersedes the previous stable line of GRASS 6.2. As such the
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 <P>
 GRASS 6.4 brings a number of exciting enhancements to the GIS. First and
 foremost our new wxPython user interface is debuted, Python is now a
-fully supported scripting language, and for the first time since its
+fully supported scripting language which is platform independent.
+Furthermore, for the first time since its
 inception with a port from the VAX 11/780 in 1983, GRASS will now run
 natively on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows.
 
@@ -49,11 +50,11 @@
 program on the systems that are most convenient to you and your work.
 
 <P>
-Due to the freshness of <i>WinGrass</i> there may be some inevitable rough
+Due to the freshness of <i>WinGrass</i> there may be some rough
 edges yet to discover, but we believe the foundation is solid and so any
 problems will mostly be surface layer bugs. We expect to have most of
 these will fixed for the upcoming 6.4.1 release. None the less, after
-nine months of dedicated quality-assurance review we are very pleased
+nineteen months of dedicated quality-assurance review we are very pleased
 with the results. Users can be confident to use this version for their
 day to day work, indeed due to the open development model many already
 do. Existing UNIX and Mac users will be happy to know that these new
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
 and fully backwards compatible with earlier GRASS 6.0 and 6.2 releases.
 
 <P>
+<!-- incomplete phrase?? -->
 ... meanwhile work continues on GRASS 7.