[GRASS-dev] Planning for GRASS 6.2

Markus Neteler neteler at itc.it
Fri Aug 4 03:59:04 EDT 2006


On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 06:36:51PM +0200, Markus Neteler wrote:
> 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

Hi,

I take the lack of opinions as plenary approval of the
proposal (BDFL?). I have created a "roadmap" page on the Wiki
which contains some more details:
 http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Release_Roadmap

cheers

 Markus




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