GRASS 6.2 Feature Plan
GRASS 6.2.x feature plan
There is the release branch for 6.2.x, see details at CVS: tags and branches. A release branch is considered as "frozen", only bugfixes can be done.
GRASS 6.2.0
In general 6.2 does not deviate too much from the 6.1.0 to avoid a major delay.
Beta0
(never released)
- unlimited number of raster map (r.patch, r.series etc) (Glynn)
- several MinGW fixes for native MS-Windows support (Glynn)
- several fixes for MS-Windows/Cygwin support (Huidae)
- no hardcoded ARCH for Python-SWIG (Markus)
- vector/lidar: added missing includes (Markus)
- g.region b>t bug fixed (Martin)
- GRASS_PAGER (Glynn)
- r.mapcalc rand() (Glynn)
- tcl i18n install fix (Markus)
- LOCALE awk fixes to some scripts (Markus)
- SUN compilation fixes (Glynn)
- user docs fixes (Maciek)
- r.bilinear: Read/write maps as DCELL; Remove +0.5 from result (Glynn)
- NVIZ height update to avoid scene jump (Bob)
- Add the new v.lidar.* tools (needed for FOSS4G2006) (Roberto A. + Markus)
- lidar and simwe compilation issues on MacOSX fixed (William)
- Makefile cleanup for extra libraries (lidar, simwe, lrs) (Glynn + Markus)
- keywords backported from 6.3-CVS (Markus)
- renamed dbmi driver html files to include 'grass-' to avoid package conflicts (Markus)
Beta 1
- v.digit: split icons into two rows for 800x600 screens (backport) (Michael, Hamish)
- gis.m fixes (Michael)
- v.proj: treat z as ellipsoidal height (Paul)
Beta 2
- g.proj compile fix (Markus)
- NVIZ: Tk8.5 fix (Markus)
Beta 3
- docs improvements (Eric, Trevor, Moritz, Michael)
- v.digit cosmetics (Hamish)
- v.outlier: parameter fix (markus)
- NVIZ: off-screen rendering fix for broken openGL drivers
- grass-xterm-wrapper: simplified for broken gnome-terminal (markus)
- rename v.bspline to v.surf.bspline for consistency
- further gis.m fixes (moritz, michael, cho)
- d.barscale segfault fix (hamish)
- d.grid segfault fix (hamish)
- d.graph segfault fix (hamish)
- r.buffer, r.what: docs fixes (hamish)
- added v.centroids and v.dissolve scripts (hamish)
- Czech translation updated (Martin)
- nviz: off-screen fixes (Glynn)
RC1
- d.vect.thematic -s fixes (michael)
- Vietnamese translation (Bui Huu Manh)
- reverted Pbuffer changes in NVIZ (Brad)
- projection codes updated to EPSG 6.11 (Markus)
- g.region zoom= off by one error (Glynn)
- fix hardcoded Helvetica tcl fonts to a single file setting (in $GISBASE/etc/gtcltk/options.tcl) (michael)
RC2
- r.random on MacOSX (Glynn)
- document improvements (various)
- v.in.ogr: check valid output filename (Brad)
- various r.le fixes (Hamish)
- MinGW fix (Radim)
RC3
- r.le.setup fixes (Glynn, Hamish)
- default color map range (bug #5212) (Glynn)
- fix v.digit/toolbox.tcl for tcl8.3 (Hamish)
- update to EPSG 6.11.1 (Markus)
- close GRASS after creating new location from file (Markus)
- Fine tune intro text when launching GRASS in text mode (Paul)
- gis.m zooming in mapcanvas.tcl (Michael)
- missing Polish EPSG codes
- initial Arabic translation (Alaa Masoud)
Final 6.2.0
(released 31 Oct 2006)
- continued Polish translation (Artur Niescior)
- r.watershed slowliness due to long color tables (C. Ehlschlaeger)
- gis.m broken for Tcl/Tk 8.3 (Hamish, Michael)
- test gis.m
- write impressive press release (best done in CVS Web)
- also prepare the short abstract version.
- HB: I did some work on this the other day, of course it can always be better!
6.2.1
6.2.1RC1
(released 6 Dec. 2006)
Bugs:
- gis.m fixes for geo rectifier (Michael)
- gis.m zoom fixes (Michael)
- install of include files problem on Solaris (Glynn)
- Handle non-standard ETRS_1989 datum name (Paul)
- d.histogram: clear just the current frame, not the full screen (Hamish)
- i.group: fix subgroup listing (Hamish)
- ps.map: broken for named paper sizes (Hamish, Glynn)
- gis.m: meaningful error messages on startup (Michael)
- v.db.select: fix SQL where= option error (Hamish)
- Add module r.to.rast3elev
- crash v.in.ogr with gcc4.1.x and non-C locale (Andrey Kiselev)
- v.in.db: with where="condition" it copies the entire attribute table (Martin)
Final 6.2.1
(released 12 Dec. 2006)
- (to be changed to 6.2.1 diffs? HB: can we have both? include binary file changes? [diff -a?])
Bugs:
- d.frame: bugfix: make -l list map names flag work (Hamish)
- Latvian translation update: Maris Nartiss
6.2.2
This version has been released
6.2.2RC1
(released 29 May 2007)
Bug fixes:
DB bug, fixed https://svn.qgis.org/trac/ticket/448(Radim)DBMI/SQL parser: added missing TIME support(Markus)DBF Driver: add missing SQL TIME support(Markus)r.proj bilinear: Fix interpolation expression (row/column were swapped)(Glynn)
r.profile: Allow data from stdin(Hamish)r.profile: Die if coordinate request outsite current region settings, was reporting bogus data(Hamish)Slovakia Hermannskogel datum (bug #5396)(Jaro Hofierka/Dr. Klobusiak/Martin)ps.map: Fix landscape mode. Fix map scaling when map projection is not measured in meters(Hamish)r.tileset: Fix break due to platform specific units parsing; Requires Bash(Hamish)v.build.polylines: two bugs: #4247 #4249(MartinL)d.vect.thematic: remove Bashisms(Daniel)lib/gis: backport false easting/northing test(Markus, Paul)d.vect: display also nodes in topo mode(Markus)g.mremove: work also in gis.m(Hamish)r.flow: 3d length fix; 64bit segfault fix(Helena, Brad, Glynn)r.in.bin: honour -s flag for 2-byte and 4-byte data(Glynn)r.reclass.area: don't leave clump file behind(Markus)scripts/: various fixes backported(Markus)v.in.region: add additional vertex if necessary to ensure line segments don't exceed 180 degrees longitude(Glynn)v.report: backported fixes for RT bug #4459 and [grass-code I][#301](Markus)v.to.db: fix compactness formula parentheses to match actual formulad.labels: backport rotation fixes(Hamish)r.contour: fix segfault(Martin)v.in.ascii: skip blank lines, (std mode) error on broken header info(Hamish)v.what: fix for multiple input coords(Hamish)sqlite driver: 'date' support (Markus), views support (Moritz), field size fix to avoid v.digit form crash(Markus)NVIZ: volume problem (test with slovakia3d dataset) bug #4725(Bob)
- Still some NVIZ volume segfaults remain?
GUI menu: remove non-functional font setting entries (bug#5489)(Hamish)v.segment: Make side_offset functional(Hamish)v.in.gpsbabel: attribute import fixed for tracks and routes(Markus)RT #4247 v.build.polylines: fails to build a polyline out of a closed boundary(Martin)RT #4249 v.build.polylines: vertices are doubled at each node(Martin)GF #342 v.clean tool=snap: doubled vertices in the output(Martin)v.lidar.*: various fixes backported(Markus)Remove all bashisms from Bourne scripts. (bug#5499)(Various contributors)Fix broken CVS tags on new files(Hamish)v.type: Wrap it so it works from the GUI menus(Hamish)
Enhancements:
r.reclass.area: label support added(Markus)GUI startup: backport Michael's new EPSG code search tool(Hamish)Backport various GIS.m GUI enhancements from Michael(Hamish)
Clickable GUI buttons; More robust error handling; Main window cosmetics; Fix "lwidth" bug; Typos
v.dissolve: dissolve common boundaries by attribute(Markus)r.distance null distance for area in area (-o)(Jachym)
6.2.2
(released 16 July 2007)
Fixed post-RC1
DBF driver: fix semicolon problem(Glynn Clements)SQLite transactions to speed up execute(Antonio Galea)SQLite: don't crash with SQLITE_NULL(Markus Neteler)GUI startup: fixes browsing for EPSG file not updating path to it(Maris Nartiss)GUI startup: fixes browsing for new location path(Maris Nartiss)nviz compilation fix for MacOSX(Markus Neteler)r.in.gdalwarp: remove bashisms(Hamish Bowman)r.median: fix broken internal r.stats call(Markus Neteler)v.db.addtable: fixed error treatment when wrong SQL types were defined(Markus Neteler)v.dissolve: fix for DBMI error if input map is specified with @mapset(Markus Neteler)Czech translation updated(Jachym Cepicky)v.in.gpsbabel: portablity fixes (so it works with a Mac)(Hamish Bowman)v.in.gns: fixed format incompatibility with current GNS format(Artur Wroblewski)v.lrs.* fixes backported + new documentation(Markus Neteler)
6.2.3
6.2.3RC1
released 21 Oct 2007
Bug fixes:
gis.m: georectifier tool documented(Markus Neteler)r.out.bin: fixed too short buffer which would sometimes crash R-GRASS interface(Roger Bivand)v.db.update: backported fixes for numeric value types (Debian #434897)(Markus Neteler)GUI crash of g.region with accented characters (non English locale)(Maris Nartis, Hamish Bowman)gis.m: maptool crash fixed(Moritz Lennert)silently ignore --quiet and --verbose command line switches(Hamish Bowman)d.slide.show: remove incompatible --quiet switch(Scott Mitchell)v.report: Fix x,y reporting; add z; various improvements(Maciej Sieczka)
6.2.3cvs
Bug fixes:
Problem compiling with ffmpeg (bug #518)(Glynn Clements)Backported translations from 6.3.cvs for 6.2.3 release(Carlos Davila)r.los: Various fixes(Hamish Bowman)r.mapcalculator: Replace UTF-8 encoded NBSP characters with normal ASCII spaces(Glynn Clements)r.support: don't crash on 'r.support map.reclass'(Markus Neteler)ps.map: Don't segfault if SQL query is malformed, or with EPS vpoints(Hamish Bowman)r.coin, r.report, v.to.db: more precise conversions for square miles, feet, and acres(Hamish Bowman)Update to EPSG 6.13(Markus Neteler)
TODO
- Further investigate NVIZ raster volume segfaults.
Final details:
- Prepare release announcement and blurb
- Update cron scripts so cvs snapshot patch set diff.gz is vs. 6.2.3.
- Generate inter-release ChangeLog:
gzip -d ChangeLog_6.2.3.gz cp ChangeLog_6.2.2 ChangeLog_6.2.1-6.2.2 vi ChangeLog_6.2.1-6.2.2 # /6.2.2 release # j (down a line) # 50000dd # :wq gzip ChangeLog_6.2.1-6.2.2
- then move ChangeLog_6.2.1-6.2.2.gz to web/grass62/source/
WONTFIX? Later?
Bug fixes:
- NVIZ: fix Max Res PPM for offscreen rendering (Glynn)
- 6.2 branch currently defaults to working onscreen rendering, so not release-critical
- v.buffer: fix bug #2765
Enhancements:
- r.out.gdal region sensitive (backport new r.out.gdal from CVS HEAD?)
- -- We can just take enhanced shell version from CVS HEAD (r.out.gdal.sh) --Jachym 10:00, 12 March 2007 (CET)
- -- IMO r.out.gdal should remain shell script version in 6.2.x, but be updated to be the most modern version of that we have. Leave the C version to 6.3+. --Hamish, 23 Apr 2007
Releases
- 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
- 6.2.2 released 16 Jul 2007
- 6.2.3RC1 released 21 Oct 2007