[GRASS-dev] List of new features in GRASS 7: please update

[Paulo van Breugel]

OK, those links may not be pretty, but that is a minor issue if 
compared to the convenience of having those links there. So I would 
certainly keep them.

What are the plans for the Wiki vs trac? I see some articles are marked 
to be moved to trac (like the GRASS 7 ideas collection). What is 
supposed to go where (Wiki or Trac), Wiki for end-user relevant 
information, Trac for information more relevant for developers?

I can see some advantages in such a system, but there are bound to be 
cases where information is relevant for both developers and users. One 
example is the NewFeatures page. Especially the part about changes in 
libraries is mostly interesting for developers. However, all the module 
changes and new modules are highly relevant for the users (I guess 
there must be a lot of GRASS 7  users by now).

All in all, it seems to make sense to me to move the GRASS 7 ideas 
collection to Trac, and move the 
'http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures' to the Wiki, or 
alternatively, give it an easy to find link on the front page of the 
Wiki (replace the link to GRASS 7 ideas collection in the Development 
box on the Wiki front page with a link to New Features perhaps).

Cheers





On Fri 28 Dec 2012 10:38:08 PM CET, Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Paulo van Breugel
> <p.vanbreugel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Nice work Markus!
>
> Thanks but it is joint work :)
>
>> I am not very good in catchy intro words, but I would mention the number of
>> new modules (44+ vector, grass and image modules + general, GUI, etc
>> modules) and some key improvements / enhancements of existing modules (like
>> the very significant speed improvements in vector handling)?
>
> Yes, definitely.
>
>> I guess the links are made with some kind of alias? Would it be possible to
>> not show the 'G7:' as part of all links?
>
> I would be more than pleased but trac has no clue about reasonable
> links. We can simply take it out again, if too ugly.
> Or move the page to Mediawiki.
>
> Opinions?
>
>> One question about bash the scripts. it is mentioned that all bash scrips
>> are converted to Python.
>
> Yes. Especially for portability reasons and speed.
>
>> Perhaps obvious, but these concerns the scripts
>> that are part of the GRASS installation. One can still use external bash
>> scripts (and hopefully that will remain the case).
>
> Yes sure.
>
>> For example, most scripts
>> available in the grass 6 add-on repository can be used in grass 7, albeit
>> sometimes some adaptations are needed because of syntax changes)
>
> Sure - users are welcome to continue like that.
>
> Markus