[GRASS-dev] Planning for GRASS 6.2

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

GRASS 6.1-CVS HEAD meanwhile contains various fixes and
improvements which are too complicated to be backported to
the release branch.

My suggestions are:
- test 6.1.0RC1, eventuall release it as 6.1.0
  without further backports. Stop working on this branch
- do the bug day soon
- don't submit changes with heavy impact for short time

In 2-4 weeks from now (?):
- create a new branch for 6.2, maintain it for a while
- rename 6.1-CVS HEAD to 6.3-CVS HEAD to enable developers
  again to submit complex changes. Maybe a few things
  can be anticipated from the GRASS 7 planning [1] (respecting
  our rules to keep parameters/flags/behaviour as much as
  possible for the 6.x series)

In general 6.2 should not deviate too much from the current
6.1-CVS HEAD to avoid a major delay. It would be great to
have it available for FOSS4G2006 in September.

Opinions?

Markus

[1] http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_7_ideas_collection

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