6.3.0 preview release? - was Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] GRASS GIS 6.2.1 released

[Moritz Lennert]

On 18/12/06 11:50, Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:41:46PM +1300, Hamish wrote:
>> Moritz Lennert wrote:
>>> If you want to have access to GRASS commands in windows, you best bet
>>> at this stage is to either wait for wingrass to be stabilized (which
>>> I don't think will take very long any more), 
>> Any support for tagging a quick 6.3.0 development-preview release when
>> this happens? (ie not until ~3 weeks after windows development slows
>> down to a trickle) This release would be slightly less alpha-ware versus
>> basing it on an arbitrary CVS snapshot.
>>
>> Like 6.1.0, the release wouldn't be supported or have its own future.
> 
> I am in favor of tagging a 6.3.0 development-preview release.
> We should do that this week, however.


For me the major showstoppers in wingrass currently are (see other mails 
for details):

- dbmi protocol errors making any work with vector attribute data impossible
- location creation at start-up problems

IMHO, most other issues are probably acceptable for a dev-preview 
release, but these two should probably be solved before publishing a 
native windows version.

Moritz