[GRASSLIST:1134] Re: GRASS 5.1---when?

[Radim Blazek]

On Friday 05 September 2003 19:27, Gustavo Alcides Concheiro Perez wrote:
> Hi exalted Gurus and Masters!
>
> I know that ``it will be ready when it's ready'', and I'm in full
> support of that policy, but can anyone give me a guesstimate for the
> release of an *usable* (if not fully stable) GRASS 5.1?  I need to
> design a GIS database, and I'd like to know about when will the new
> capabilities be there, mostly the new vector format and the connection
> to databases.  TIA.

For somebody it is usable already now. YOU must decide if it is or not for you! 
I _hope_ that vector format will not change, except extensions
(category index, feature index, i.e. upgrade by running v.build). 
Stable version could come within 2 years.

Ra