Release Roadmap
A bit of planning ahead...
What are these release numbers?
Version number scheme:
* first number: major release number
* secondary number: minor release number (stable/development indicator)
* third number: revision
Using this scheme, version numbers have a very clear meaning:
* new revision == bugs have been fixed, go grab it and install it.
* new minor == new features are available, source compatibility _and_ binary
compatibility for existing applications are garanteed
* new major == beware! Old (ugly) libraries have been dropped. Database
compatibility may be broken, you have to migrate your database to
the new formats and adjust your custom scripts (next is GRASS 7)
It is important to regularly release stable versions to get them included into
the major software distributions.
Motivation: release often - try 1-2 stable releases per year
Testing
- please take a look at Testing GRASS software
Suck on my balls
You know it ASSHOLE!
GRASS 6.0.x
Note: 6.0.x is a release branch, separated from HEAD. It's frozen.
- GRASS 6.0.0 released 10 Mar 2005
- GRASS 6.0.1 released 22 Aug 2005
- GRASS 6.0.2 released 22 Feb 2006
- no longer actively maintained once 6.2.0 is published
GRASS 6.1.x
Note: 6.1.x is a release branch (tag: "releasebranch_6_1"), separated from HEAD. It's frozen and closed.
- GRASS 6.1 Feature Plan
- GRASS 6.1.0 released 11 Aug 2006
GRASS 6.2.x
Note: 6.2.x is a release branch (tag: "releasebranch_6_2"), separated from HEAD. It's frozen, only critical bugs will be fixed.
- GRASS 6.2 Feature Plan
- 6.2.0beta1 released 28 August 2006
- 6.2.0beta2 released 30 August 2006
- 6.2.0beta3 released 18 September 2006
- 6.2.0RC1 released 26 September 2006
- 6.2.0RC2 released 6 October 2006
- 6.2.0RC3 released 24 October 2006
- 6.2.0 released 31 October 2006
- 6.2.1 released 12 December 2006
- 6.2.2RC1 released 29 May 2007 (draft announcement)
GRASS 6.3.x
- Corresponds to CVS-HEAD
- open to major enhancements
GRASS 7.x
GRASS 8.N
You will have to go through this link to get the latest GRASS 8.N [2] N