[GRASS-SVN] r50650 - grass-web/trunk/announces

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: hamish
Date: 2012-02-04 19:53:58 -0800 (Sat, 04 Feb 2012)
New Revision: 50650

Modified:
   grass-web/trunk/announces/abstract_grass642.txt
Log:
consolidate and moderninze

Modified: grass-web/trunk/announces/abstract_grass642.txt
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--- grass-web/trunk/announces/abstract_grass642.txt	2012-02-04 11:12:52 UTC (rev 50649)
+++ grass-web/trunk/announces/abstract_grass642.txt	2012-02-05 03:53:58 UTC (rev 50650)
@@ -1,20 +1,42 @@
 GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released (DRAFT ONLY)
-XX January 2012
+XX February 2012
 http://grass.osgeo.org
 
-We are pleased to announce that the new stable version of GRASS GIS
-6.4.2 has been released. This release fixes some bugs discovered in
-the 6.4.0 source code and adds a few new features (over 1230 updates
-to the source code with respect to 6.4.0 have been added). As a stable
-release series the 6.4 line will enjoy long-term support.
+We are pleased to announce the release of the new stable version of
+GRASS GIS. This release fixes a number of bugs discovered in the 6.4.1
+version of the program and adds a number of new features. This includes
+over
+  XX(1230)
+updates to the source code.
+As a stable release series the 6.4 line will enjoy long-term support and
+brings incremental enhancements while preserving backwards-compatibility
+with the entire GRASS 6 line.
 
-GRASS 6.4.2 brings a number of incremental enhancements to the 6.4
-stable series of releases. The new wxPython graphical user interface
-(wxGUI) has been updated with a load of new features and tools; Python
-is now a fully supported scripting language, including a python
-toolkit and hooks back into the core GIS libraries; and MS-Windows
-support continues to mature.
+The new wxPython graphical user interface (wxGUI) has been updated with
+a load of new features and tools; Python is now a fully supported
+scripting language, including an updated python toolkit to simplify the
+authoring of personal scripts; and MS-Windows support continues to
+mature. GRASS 6.4.2 debuts a new GUI cartographic composer tool and
+improved infrastructure for installing community supplied addon modules.
 
+Full story at http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass642.html
+
+
+
+About GRASS GIS
+
+The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to
+as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS), which
+for nearly three decades has provided powerful raster, vector, and
+geospatial processing engines in a single integrated software suite.
+GRASS includes tools for spatial modeling, visualization of raster and
+vector data, management and analysis of geospatial data, and the
+processing of satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the
+capability to produce sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy
+maps. GRASS has now been translated into twenty languages and supports
+a huge array of data formats. It is distributed under the terms of the
+GNU General Public License (GPL).
+
 GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the
 academic and professional worlds in that it is developed and
 distributed by users for users, mostly on a volunteer basis, in the
@@ -22,20 +44,3 @@
 available, allowing for immediate customization, examination of the
 underlying algorithms, addition of new features, and faster patching
 of bugs.
-
-Full story at http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass642.html
-
-
-About GRASS GIS
-
-The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to
-as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS)
-providing powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines
-in a single integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools for
-spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector data, management
-and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of satellite and
-aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to produce
-sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps.  GRASS has now
-been translated into twenty languages and supports a huge array of
-data formats. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU General
-Public License (GPL).