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 (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
GRASS 5.4.x
Note: 5.4.x is a release branch, separated from HEAD. It's frozen.
- GRASS 5.4.0 released 5 Nov 2004
- only critical bugs are fixed in the 5.5-CVS repository "grass", HEAD (note: grass6/ is a separate repository).
- CVS version supports GRASS 6 WIND files (3D region settings don't cause an error)
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- no longer actively maintained once 6.2.0 is published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, only critical bugs will be fixed.
- 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 release 28 August 2006
- Release of 6.2.0 planned for early September 2006
GRASS 6.3.x
- Corresponds to CVS-HEAD
- open to major enhancements