[GRASS-dev] Re: grass-dev Digest, Vol 66, Issue 66

[Michael Barton]

On Aug 31, 2011, at 12:59 PM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:20:17 +0200
> From: Massimo Di Stefano <massimodisasha at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: where to store GRASS settings: GISRC and
>        wx      settings
> To: Margherita Di Leo <dileomargherita at gmail.com>
> Cc: grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Message-ID: <9E9098FE-25C5-4B6A-AC29-2C751D3D5FBE at gmail.com>
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> that's an  other one ...
> 
> i'm using 6.5 for my daily job with really good satisfaction.
> 
> 6.4 is out of date if compared with 6.5 and 7.0 is too much unstable beacouse of the gui (wx on osx is a pain)
> 
> --Massimo.
> 

AFAICT, most of the bugs in 6.4.1 have been corrected in 6.4.2, and 6.4.2 also benefits from a number of updates/enhancements to the code. There is actually a pretty big difference between 6.4.1. and 6.4.2. 

Have you tried the current 6.4.2 svn? If not, you can get it from my site for Snow Leopard at <http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton/files/grass_mac/OSX10.6-snowleopard/>. The "frameworks.txt" tells which of William's framworks are used in this. I've posted binaries for 6.4.2 svn, 6.5, and 7 compiled 28 August. So you can compare current versions. 

While GRASS 7 was somewhat unstable for awhile (it IS a dev version), I am finding it very stable now. A lot of bugs have been fixed. 

What is the problem you are having with wxGUI on the Mac? This is the default for 6.4.2 (though TclTk is still there for those who prefer it). It gets wonky if you install a 3rd party Python, but otherwise should be very stable in 6.4.2 and 7. If there are bugs, please report them.

Thanks
Michael
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