[GRASSLIST:5624] Re: [GRASS5] Re: [Fwd: whinging about GRASS again]

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 01:18:16PM -0600, Mark P. Line wrote:
> Markus Neteler said:
> > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 10:04:21AM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote:
> > ...
> >>  > There are several frontends out there already, you should be
> >>  > speaking to them.
> >>
> >> Okaybut.  GRASS qua GRASS still needs to have a user interface that
> >> makes easy things easy.  If people are referred to GRASS, and they run
> >> 'grass' and they get the current user interface, then the front-end
> >> may as well not exist.  For them, it doesn't.  I can make the
> >> whizziest GUI in the world, but if it doesn't come with GRASS, what's
> >> the point?
> >
> > Did you *really* verify what's there?
> > At time we have
> >
> > - GRASS GIS Manager
> > - QGIS interface
> > - JAVAGRASS
> > - command line interface
> >
> > Have a look here to see them in action:
> >
> >  http://grass.itc.it/grass60/screenshots/gui.php
> 
> 
> Are all of these available in GRASS 5.7?

No. Just read: GRASS 6!

To make it clear, I have extended the page:

* GRASS GIS Manager
  This manager is integrated with GRASS 6. 
  -> the prototype is already available in 5.7

* QGIS: separate project

* JAVAGRASS: separate project

> Russell can't use 6.0 because
> it's not packaged with the Fedora distro he's got.

Right. Obviously, when Fedora packages 5.7.0 in 2004
it cannot contain 6.0.0beta1 or later form 2005.

The magic word is: "please update". :-)
And, or, seek a volunteer to make a new Fedora RPM.
For those, who have made the current 5.7.0 Fedora RPM,
it should be rather easy.

Markus