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

[Sören Gebbert]

Hi,

2013/3/19 Sören Gebbert <soerengebbert at googlemail.com>:
> It seems to be a good idea.
> However, i have to apply the 3D raster patch[1] then as soon as
> possible to get the voxel stuff working with large data. But this will
> bring the risk of losing backward compatibility .... .

Patch that removes the buggy LRE compression has been applied to trunk
#55462. Tests for 3D raster modules and the library passed
successfully. The patch should assure backward compatibility.
I hope i did not break anything. :)

Best regards
Soeren

>
> Please exclude the temporal GIS stuff in the tech-preview 7.0 release,
> since so many manual pages are still missing.
>
> Best
> Soeren
>
> [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1752
>
> 2013/3/19 Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org>:
>> 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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