[GRASSweb-list]markus: web/announces 4.3release.info.html,1.6,1.7

Wed Sep 25 05:38:28 EDT 2002

Author: markus

Update of /grassrepository/web/announces
In directory doto:/tmp/cvs-serv7194

Modified Files:
	4.3release.info.html 
Log Message:
Update from Morten Sickel to reflect 5.0.0

Index: 4.3release.info.html
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RCS file: /grassrepository/web/announces/4.3release.info.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -d -r1.6 -r1.7

--- 4.3release.info.html	2 Sep 2002 19:58:56 -0000	1.6
+++ 4.3release.info.html	25 Sep 2002 09:38:26 -0000	1.7
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <html>
 <head>
-   <DEFANGED_meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+   <DEFANGED_meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
    <title>GRASS 4.3</title>
 </head>
 <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF">
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@
 <H3>GRASS 4.3 Release Information and Features</H3>
 </CENTER>
 <DIV align=right>
-Released in 1999
+Released in 1999<p> Document updated in 2002 as GRASS 5.0.0 is released
 </DIV>
 
 <hr size=4>
 <p>
-GRASS 4.3 you ask????    The answer: <b>YES!</b>  
+GRASS 4.3 
 
 <p>
-<b>What is the GRASS Development Team up to here?  I am confused why you are going back from version 5.0beta to 4.3.</b>
+<b>What is this release about</b><br>
 <br>
-GRASS 4.3 represents the most complete release of non-floating-point GRASS so essentially it is an "extension" of GRASS 4.2/4.2.1.  Our reasoning is to standardize the non-floating-point versions of GRASS and include as much functionlity as possible.  With the release, work is now focusing exclusively on GRASS 5.0 (floating-point GRASS) development.
+GRASS 4.3 represents the most complete release of non-floating-point GRASS so essentially it is an "extension" of GRASS 4.2/4.2.1.  Our reasoning is to standardize the non-floating-point versions of GRASS and include as much functionlity as possible.
+Now, work is focusing exclusively on GRASS 5.x (floating-point GRASS) development.
 
 <p>
 <b>So GRASS 4.3 is <i>not</i> floating point?</b><br>
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 
 <p>
 <b>What is different from my version 4.1, 4.2, etc.?</b><br>
-GRASS 4.3 is functionaly the same, only with more modules and a whole lot of bugfixing.  It represents the most stable release of GRASS yet.
+GRASS 4.3 is functionaly the same, only with more modules and a whole lot of bugfixing.
 
 <p>
 <b>What is the additional functionality?</b><br>
@@ -38,15 +39,42 @@
 We thought about this.  However, with all the bugfixes, it is best to just completely update your version if you want all the functionality.
 
 <p>
-<b>Will GRASS 4.3 be fully supported?</b><br>
-The GRASS Development Team will provide support GRASS 4.3.
+<b>IS GRASS 4.3 fully supported?</b><br>
+No, after the release of grass v 5.0.0, no official support exists for grass 4.3. Anyhow, feel free to ask the 
+<a href=../support.html">International GRASS users mailing list</a> if you have problems using it. 
 
 <p>
-<b>When will GRASS 4.3 be released?</b><br>
-It's out now.  See the <a href="../download.html">download section</a> to get it.
+<b>So you would reccommend to update to GRASS 5.0?</b><br>
+Yes, then you'll get support, even more fixed bugs, floating point raster, updated vector functionality, improved user interface 
+<!-- More things to highlight or a ref to a detailed list? -->
+<p>
+
+<b>Are there any reasons at all to keep on using GRASS 4.3?</b><br>
+<!-- I don't have the complete overview, but this could at least be a starting point -->
+In some cases yes. Some modules have not yet been ported to grass 5.0 <!-- is there a detailed list somewhere? put in a pointer to it -->
+As the user interface of some modules have changed and some modules have been combined or have changed names, scripts may break, anyhow the 
+overall improved functionality of GRASS 5.0 will probably make it worth the work to update scripts.
+<p>
+
+<b>Is it possible to have GRASS 4.3 and 5.x installed at the same work station</b><br>
+<!-- This is my impressions from reading the grass5 mailing list, please correct if neccesarry As I have not used GRASS 4 for quite a time, it
+might also be errors about installation directory and how to call it -->
+Yes and no. The standard installation of GRASS 5.x is under /usr/local/grass5, whereas grass 4.3 goes to /usr/local/grass4 (?) and the 
+commands for staring them are grass5 and grass4, respectively <i>but</i> the data formats are 
+incompatible, <i>i. e.</i> GRASS 5 reads GRASS 4 files and updates them to GRASS 5 format after which GRASS 4 cannot read them anymore. 
+So, it is possible to:
+<ul>
+<li> Install GRASS 5 for testing without messing up an existing GRASS 4 installation. Just be sure to be using copies of the GRASS 4 workspaces for testing.
+<li> Use GRASS 4 and 5 as two separate producion lines on the same work station
+<li> Use some functionality in GRASS 4 for first stage processing and then import the coverage into GRASS 5 for the next stages
+</ul>
 
 <p>
-<b>GRASS 4.3 inprovements include:</b>
+<b>Where is GRASS 4.3 available?</b><br>
+See the <a href="../download.html">download section</a> to get it.
+
+<p>
+<b>GRASS 4.3 inprovements over 4.2.1 include:</b>
 <ul>
 <li>Nearly 100 new raster, vector, sites, and imagery modules
 <li>Additional Projections supported
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+<DEFANGED_IMG SRC="../images/gbanner_small.jpg" BORDER=0></a>
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