[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.4.0 release branch forthcoming

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at unity.ncsu.edu> wrote:
> On Oct 21, 2008, at 7:39 PM, Hamish wrote:
>> Markus wrote:
>>>> let me suggest to create the GRASS 6.4.0 release branch the next
>>>> days
>> I think Paul is right, create 6.4.0 release branch moments before
>> 6.4.0rc1, otherwise there is more backporting to do, which is a pain.
>>
>> or is the idea to release rc1 in the next days?

Yes, I forgot to mention that idea.

> I think that is the idea. It took 6 months to get from 6.3RC1 to 6.3 release,
> so if we would like to see GRASS64 out by the end of the year the 6.3RC1
> is overdue by now. It would be much simpler if we had only GRASS64 and
> GRASS7 - currently there is 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 7 on the download site.

I agree. For a user it's becoming messy to understand which version
to choose.

Hamish:
>> I had some things I wanted to get done before 6.4.0-final, I added/
>> commented on a couple in the trac system yesterday, and I'll add a few
>> more as I can remember them ;)

Well, it's unrealistic to hope that we resolve all bugs/enhancements.

I suggest to get out 6.4.0rc1 asap for reality check (especially also for the
Windows port). If backporting becomes to heavy, we could even re-do the
relbranch in future.

Markus