[GRASS-dev] [release planning] GRASS GIS 8: create new release branch

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 4:02 PM Veronica Andreo <veroandreo at gmail.com> wrote:
> El jue, 20 may 2021 a las 17:21, Maris Nartiss (<maris.gis at gmail.com>) escribió:
>> I would like to get PR #1501 (depends on #1272) into master before
>> branching as it is already quite large and disruptive.
>> It is almost ready (today I wrote first of three management
>> functions). I want to finish lib part before merging – management
>> module can be then created as a separate PR at some point later.
>
> I'd really like to see these changes merged before the creation of grass 8  branch.

+1

> Maybe we can agree on a deadline that suits both the need to have an 8 branch for the upcoming
> conferences where a GRASS 8 demo is already accepted (FOSSGIS is in ~2 weeks) and the time

(the time shrinked to days, meanwhile...)

> needed to complete ongoing development at least up to a working version that can be merged.
>
> @Maris Nartiss what do you think?

For easier testing, I have prepared a GRASS GIS 8.0.0alpha PR:
https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/1597

Do not merge, but try it out locally.

Markus