[GRASSweb-list]paul: web/announces announce_grass530.html,1.3,1.4

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 <h2>GRASS GIS 5.3.0 released 15 May 2004</h2>
 
-<p>A new release of GRASS has been published. This is the first official release
-from the 5.3 development series, which will eventually lead to the stable 5.4
-branch (see the <a href="../roadmap.html">GRASS Development Roadmap</a>)
-However GRASS 5.3 is already in reliable daily production use at many
+<p>A new release of GRASS has been published. This is a "technology preview" release
+from the 5.3 development series, which is undergoing testing in preparation for
+creation of the stable 5.4 branch (see the <a href="../roadmap.html">GRASS Development 
+Roadmap</a>). GRASS 5.3 is already in reliable daily production use at many
 locations worldwide.</p>
 
 <p>The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to as
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 <h3>Platforms supported by GRASS:</h3>
 
 <p>GNU/Linux, Sun Solaris (SPARC/Intel), Silicon Graphics Irix, 
-Mac OS X/Darwin, MS-Windows NT/2000/XP with Cygnus, HP-UX, DEC-Alpha, AIX, BSD,
+Mac OS X/Darwin, Microsoft Windows with Cygwin, HP-UX, DEC-Alpha, AIX, BSD,
 iPAQ/Linux and other UNIX compliant platforms (32/64bit).</p>
 
 <h3>Software download:</h3>
@@ -47,11 +47,9 @@
 
 <h3>What's new in GRASS 5.3.0</h3>
 
-<p>Users who have been following the development of the GRASS 5.3 'CVS version' will
-not be surprised at the contents of the 5.3.0 release. However it represents a 
-significant improvement in functionality and with many bugfixes over 5.0.3 (the
-most recent release in the old 5.0 stable series). Selected major changes are 
-outlined below.</p>
+<p>5.3.0 represents a significant improvement in functionality over 5.0.3 (the
+most recent release in the old 5.0 stable series) and in addition includes many 
+bugfixes. Selected major changes are outlined below.</p>
 
 <dl>
 <dt><strong>Datum Transformation</strong><dt>
@@ -152,6 +150,14 @@
 <em>v.out.v5d.map</em>. <em>g.region.v5d</em> sets the region from a Vis5D
 file.</dd>
 
+<dt><strong>TrueColor Support</strong><dt>
+<dd>All the core display modules (<em>d.*</em>) now support 24-bit colour.</dd>
+
+<dt><strong>More reliable raster import</strong><dt>
+<dd>Technical changes and bugfixes to the <em>r.in.gdal</em> raster import
+module mean that by default it will operate reliably with all recent and
+older versions of <a href="http://remotesensing.org/gdal/">GDAL</a>.</dd>
+
 <dt><strong>Other new modules</strong><dt>
 <dd>Miscellaneous new modules include 
 <em>d.info</em>,
@@ -204,9 +210,9 @@
 
 <h3>Concurrent Development Series 5.7</h3>
 
-<p>Major changes to the vector engine and attribute management system have
-been implemented in the <a href="../grass57/">5.7.x line</a>, which will 
-become the next major production
+<p>Major changes and improvements to the vector engine and attribute 
+management system have been implemented in the <a href="../grass57/">5.7.x 
+line</a>, which is very usable today and will become the next major production
 series as 5.8.x. At present development is taking place concurrently on both
 the 5.3.x and 5.7.x lines, but once the stable release of 5.4.0 is made, all
 development effort will transfer to 5.7.x.</p>