[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #254: wxpython Layer Manager: higher raster hides the lower

[Michael Barton]

On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:33 PM, <grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:59:07 +0100
> From: Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #254: wxpython Layer Manager:
> 	higher	raster hides the lower
> To: grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Message-ID: <18594.1963.478272.55611 at cerise.gclements.plus.com>
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> GRASS GIS wrote:
>
>> SVN trunk now produces GRASS 7 (and a lot is broken due to heavy
>> development).
>
> There shouldn't really be all that much broken. In particular, the GUI
> (both gis.m and wxgui) should be unaffected.
>
> The modules which are known to be broken (and are likely to stay
> broken for a while or even permanently) are those which interact with
> the user via a terminal or by using the mouse with XDRIVER.
>
> Anything which runs without interaction (i.e. anything used internally
> by the GUI or run from the GUI without using run_xterm or
> guarantee_xmon) is supposed to work.
>
> [Both of those features may as well be removed from gis.m in 7.x.
> Anything which requires them is dead.]
>
> Of course, with so many changes being made, bugs may get introduced,
> but those can usually be fixed quickly when they are pointed out (and
> the time taken to identify such bugs depends heavily upon the amount
> of testing they get).

Thanks for the update Glynn. Knowing this, I'll try updating from  
trunk soon and see what happens. Another concern I have is that so  
far, William has not been able to compile Cairo on the Mac--though it  
seems like this will happen pretty soon. Do I now need Cairo to run  
the GUI?

Michael