[GRASS-dev] [GRASS-PSC] Grass7 tech-preview release [was Re: [GRASS-user] to move or not move ? grass64 <- ? -> 7.0]

[Michael Barton]

The 2 biggest issues I've run into teaching with GRASS 7 has been 1) the difficulty of getting a Linux version and 2) the common 'missing dll' problem for Windows.

Michael
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On Mar 19, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org>
 wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Markus Metz
> <markus.metz.giswork at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I like the idea of a tech-preview release of GRASS7!
> 
> Me, too.
> 
>> I think that no more (or at least not many) major changes will go into
>> GRASS 7, apart from the wxGUI code base.
> 
> We should also remember that this will go towards 7.0 and then a
> nice 7.1 and so forth are expecting us.
> 
> (At the FOSS4G Lausanne 2006 we even had a "GRASS 8" (grassotto,
> Italian word joke) logo :-) - maybe I can get the file from Alessandro Frigeri
> who draw it.)
> 
>> Therefore it would IMHO be
>> very beneficial to get more feedback on GRASS 7 in order to detect and
>> fix remaining bugs.
>> 
>> I also like your proposed release schedule of max 1-2 weeks.
> 
> If you accept me to manage the release and related stuff, I am happy
> to prepare things as needed with your help.
> 
> markusN
> 
> PS: Who cannot resist:
> 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&group=type&order=priority&priority=blocker&priority=critical&col=id&col=summary&col=milestone&col=priority&col=status&col=owner&col=component&milestone=7.0.0
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