[GRASS5] GRASS stable/exp branches

[Helena Mitasova]

Our original intention was to call  GRASS with floating point support GRASS4.2
(that is how we called it in GMSlab and CERL untill somebody has released
integer GRASS as 4.2,
creating quite a confusion in versions)
and 3D GRASS as GRASS5.0 as this was a significantly new functionality. As I
understand it ,
g3d does not go into GRASS5.0 (which is correct as it is unfinished) but it
will hopefully go
into the next release - then it may be worth calling the next release GRASS6,
because besides
reorganizing the libraries it will also add the 3rd dimension, not only in
raster but as I understand
it also in vector.

This is just my opinion,

Helena

Bernhard Reiter wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 04:11:14PM +0700, Justin Hickey wrote:
> > Radim Blazek wrote:
> > > When do you think development in 5.1 will be started (event + date)?
> > > Yes, 5.1 is almost empty and it will always be until we start there.
> >
> > I'm not sure of the date, but I feel that moving the code to the 5.1
> > tree should be the number 1 priority after 5.0 is released.
>
> I agree.
>
> > > Will be new features commited into 5.0 (devel branch) released in
> > > some 5.0.x?
> >
> > I would say no, but this is based on my understanding of version
> > numbers.
>
> Well it is really hard to decide when we have a new feature and when
> we have a bug-fix. This is a case to case decision. Just look at
> what goes into the Linux Kernel.
>
> One important criteria is how much is likely to break with the new addition.
>
> > This brings up the point of what version we should associate with the
> > new directory structure. Since the new directory structure and new
> > Makefile system is a radical change to grass, then I would suggest that
> > this code be labeled 6.0 not 5.1, and that all the CVS file versions get
> > bumped up to 2.0
>
> The CVS version numbers are not important at all, of course. :)
>
> About the 5.1 and 6. numbering, I am still not sure.
> I still feel that 5.1 task is mostly a big reorganisation or the
> source which will prepare for more radical changes.
>
>         Bernhard
>
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