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(Release of 6.2.0 planned for early September 2006)
(GRASS 6.1.0 released)
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=== GRASS 6.1.x ===
=== GRASS 6.1.x ===


   Note: 6.1.x is a release branch, separated from HEAD. It's frozen.
   Note: 6.1.x is a release branch, separated from HEAD. It's frozen, only critical bugs will be fixed.


* [[GRASS 6.1 Feature Plan]]
* [[GRASS 6.1 Feature Plan]]
* Release of 6.1.0 planned for early-mid August 2006
* GRASS 6.1.0 released 11 Aug 2006


=== GRASS 6.2.x ===
=== GRASS 6.2.x ===

Revision as of 12:54, 11 August 2006

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 (next is GRASS 7)
 
  It is important to regularly release stanble versions to get them included into
  the major software distributions.
 
  Motivation: release often - try 1-2 stable releases per year

GRASS 6.0.x

  Note: 6.0.x is a release branch, separated from HEAD. It's frozen.
  • GRASS 6.0.2 released 22 Feb 2006
  • no longer actively maintained

GRASS 6.1.x

  Note: 6.1.x is a release branch, separated from HEAD. It's frozen, only critical bugs will be fixed.

GRASS 6.2.x

GRASS 6.1-CVS HEAD contains various fixes and improvements which are too complicated to be backported to the 6.1.x release branch. 6.2.0 should follow 6.1.0 quickly without major changes.

  Currently head is essentially our release-candidate. Please don't submit substantial 
  changes unless HEAD is renamed to 6.3.cvs. Focus on bugfixes.

GRASS 6.3.x

  • Rename HEAD to 6.3.cvs in September '06.
  • re-opened for major enhancements

TODO:


GRASS 7.x