[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.1.0 release preparation

[Markus Neteler]

Hi developers,

I think that the current GRASS 6.1-CVS is in a good condition
to be released as GRASS 6.1.0. This will pave the way for
GRASS 6.2.0 (stable) which may follow shortly.

I would suggest to branch off a 6.1.0 branch in CVS to
not kill momentum in the HEAD. Important fixes can then
be merged if needed. From that branch we get out one or
two beta tarballs, then release candidates and finally
the 6.1.0 version.

If there are no objections, I'll branch right away.
Development continues in HEAD as before and we can
extract a first 6.1.0beta for packagers and testers.

Further discussion:
* The x11-less GRASS can be developed in HEAD, we should
  not wait for that. We can have 6.1.1 if desired in near
  future. The same applies to the georectifier.

* NVIZ/Mac issues we can port from HEAD if they get fixed.
  Apparently it's more related to openGL than GRASS.

* snprintf(): much discussion, no result. We can backport
  once it happens.

* other open issues which are *really* showstoppers for
  a 6.1.0 unstable release?

An announcement is drafted at
 http://grass.itc.it/announces/announce_grass610.html
The list of changes should be almost up to date, please
review and add missing items. Also the wording of the
first part could be more press release like.

Markus

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