[GRASS5] features needed for 6.2

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 10:02:23AM +0200, Radim Blazek wrote:
> On 3/28/06, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu> wrote:
> > >> What features are missing for 6.2 feature freeze?
> >
> > With the new work by Cedric Shock, the updated GIS Manager is in
> > considerable flux. I think that most of it will be ironed out soon. If we
> > don't count things to be fixed, I'd like to at least do the following:
> >
> > Make a new GRASS start up.
> > Make sure that the GEM (GRASS extension manager) is working with the new
> > system.
> >
> > If there is time before a feature freeze, a couple of important items that
> > need to be done include:
> >
> > develop a non-xterm version of v.digit
> > develop a non-xterm version of i.points/v.points
> > develop a TclTk module that reads v.label files and places labels on the
> > screen in nice PS text (I think fairly easy).
> > There may be other things, but I don't want to get overambitious ;-)
> >
> > We might also take this opportunity to think about the following (both of
> > which have been discussed):
> >
> > replacing dbf with sqlite as the default attribute management system
> > changing the raster file architecture to something more along the lines of
> > the current vector file architecture.
> 
> 6.0.0 was released a year ago, so we need to create 6.2.0 soon
> we cannot start now thinking about major database structure changes
> or starting new features.

Do you want to skip 6.1.x releases? Why?
6.1 was never published so far.

Slightly confused,

Markus