[GRASS-dev] [release planning] GRASS GIS 8.0.0

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 10:36 AM Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> čt 30. 12. 2021 v 17:02 odesílatel Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> napsal:
> > hooray, GRASS GIS 8.0.0RC1 has been published:
> > https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/8.0.0RC1
> >
> > Please test it!
>
> wingrass standalone installer available for testing:
> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass80/binary/mswindows/native/x86_64/
>
> Q: For GRASS 8 we will distribute only 64bit packages: what about
> removing `x86_64` from the URL?
>
> We already removed `x64_64` from the installer's name
> (WinGRASS-8.0.0RC1-1-Setup.exe). The same could be done for addons
> (https://wingrass.fsv.cvut.cz/grass80/x86_64/addons/grass-8.0.dev/),
> etc.

+1

> Or do we keep `x86_64` in the URL to be "more clear" about 64bit?

Maybe not as it looks IMHO too technical.

BTW:
Fedora and EPEL/Redhat binaries:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/neteler/grass80/

Markus