[GRASS-dev] stability of GRASS 7?

[Hamish]

Tim wrote:
> do I have to expect data damage when opening GRASS6
> locations with the current trunk?

we hope not, but do not guarantee it. (ability to break backwards
compatibility lets us develop faster and in new directions, the
whole point of a new major version)

> Can I use GRASS 7 and then afterwards GRASS 6 again on the
> same location?

for now.


do not use development versions for production work. If there
is a particular new feature which you just can't live without,
consider putting in a request to have it backported (small things
only)


Hamish