Hi, we discussed here at the Code sprint Bonn (https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Bonn_2016) to release RC1 next Saturday during the 2nd sprint part. DRAFT news page to be updated: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/7.0.5-News Planning at https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7Planning#a7.0.5tobebackported Markus