= GRASS 7 Release Planning =
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 * '''Release scope:''' new display architecture, new raster library, new features such as temporal data handling...
 * The SVN trunk corresponds to GRASS 7 (for access, see [wiki:DownloadSource#GRASS7.0 here])
 * http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_7_ideas_collection (to be merged into trac)

== Already implemented ==

 * [wiki:Release List of releases]
== Planning & ongoing ==

==== GRASS 7 Notes ====

 * [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures New features in GRASS 7.0] (already implemented)
  * See [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#Replacedandremovedmodules here] removed modules, renamed modules, and [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#Optionschanges here] for renamed options
 * [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures72 New features in GRASS 7.2] (already implemented)
 * [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures74 New features in GRASS 7.4] (already implemented)
 * [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures76 New features in GRASS 7.6] (already implemented)
 * [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures78 New features in GRASS 7.8] (already implemented)
 * [wiki:Grass7/DisplayLib Display architecture in GRASS 7]
 * [wiki:Grass7/RasterLib Raster library in GRASS 7]
  * For raster function name changes from GRASS 6 to GRASS 7, see [wiki:Grass7/RasterLib/ListOfFunctions]
 * [wiki:Grass7/VectorLib Vector library in GRASS 7]
  * [wiki:Grass7/VectorLib/OGRInterface GRASS-OGR data provider]
  * [wiki:Grass7/VectorLib/PostGISInterface GRASS-PostGIS data provider]
 * [wiki:Grass7/ImageryLib Imagery library and modules in GRASS 7]
 * [wiki:Grass7/OpenGLLib OpenGL library in GRASS 7]
 * [wiki:Grass7/MetadataSupport Metadata support in GRASS 7]
 

Source code changes:
 * [wiki:Grass7/DisplayLib Display library in GRASS 7] (planning & ongoing)
 * [wiki:Grass7/RasterLib Raster library in GRASS 7] (planning & ongoing)
 * [wiki:Grass7/VectorLib Vector library in GRASS 7] (planning & ongoing)
 * Temporal extension for GRASS 7 (core functions are implemented, ongoing improvement)
   * [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/libpython/temporal_framework.html Temporal Library API]
   * [wiki:Grass7/TemporalGISAlgebra Temporal GIS Algebra for Raster and Vector Data] GSoC project 2013

Documentation
 * ~~Use Sphinx for Python API (complete?)~~ (done)
 * Documentation: update HTML manual pages to more recent technology (see examples by Vaclav Petras) and #151

=== trunk ===
* preserve EPSG code when creating a new location from WKT (Well Known Text) or GDAL/OGR input (applies to gis library, general, raster, and vector modules)
  * added to G74

=== 7.6.1 (to be backported) ===


=== 7.4.1 (to be backported) ===
 * ~~i.atcorr: backport S2B support, S2A update and other fixes~~ done in r72557
 * ~~r72030 libraster: more informative messages when reading a row fails~~ done in r72322
 * ~~r72031 libgis: more informative messages when (de)compression fails~~ done in r72323
 * ~~r72042 libgis: add warnings when writing compressed data fails~~ done in r72323
 * ~~r72098 r.external.out: write CRS (#3059)~~ - done in r72099
 * ~~r72159 r.external.out/r.out.gdal: add CRS EPSG code if available~~ - done in r72324
 * ~~r72160 v.external.out/v.out.ogr: add CRS EPSG code if available~~ - done in r72325
 * ~~r72203 libinit: init: more messages for invalid location or mapset~~ done in r72295
 * i.ortho.photo: complete documentation update, see
   * "man page of g.gui.image2target" - https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2017-November/086676.html
   * fix #3467
 * Transifex sync
   * ~~**important**: grass*_lv.po are more recent in SVN! Do not overwrite from Transifex but put into Transifex!~~
   * all others: update from Transifex

=== 7.2.4 (to be backported) ===

* r.grow.distance: clean up after r68611: r69327
* lib/python/temporal: major differences to be checked TODO

postponed:
* ~~d.linegraph: a series of improvements, see https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/log/grass/trunk/display/d.linegraph/main.c~~ (wenzeslaus: most are improvements/features, a lot of code changed, leaving it for 7.4)
* ~~i.atcorr: Sentinel-2A r70161 (Test feedback in ML needed first, leaving it for 7.4)~~
* ~~r.in.lidar: Storage type~~ (wenzeslaus: not sure what it is, but code is not identical in 7.2 and trunk, leaving it for 7.4)
* ~~v.what.strds: add capabilities to use names also for temporal dataset with minutes and seconds granularity: r69331 (leaving it for 7.4)~~

== Blockers ==

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== Critical issues ==

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== Further issues ==

 * Open bugs concerning [/report/19 GRASS 7]
 * [query:status!=closed&type=enhancement&order=id&desc=1,compact List Open Enhancement Requests]

== Addon candidate to be moved to trunk ==

Comment from Moritz: At one point we said that only addons that have tests should go into core. AFAICS, none of the below have tests [edit: r.object.geometry now has some tests]...

Interesting:
 * G7A:r.object.geometry - +/- equivalent to v.to.db, but for raster objects: very useful for many other modules (notably OBIA)
 * G7A:r.vect.stats - very simple, but nice functionality to have in core
 * G7A:v.centerpoint - basic GIS functionality
 
Maybe, if stable enough
 * G7A:v.concave.hull
 * G7A:v.kriging

== General strategy ==

... regular publication of stability releases:

7.0.0 ... 7.2.x ... 7.4.0 ... 7.x.y:
 * all released, see [wiki:Release]

== Historical notes ==

 * See https://grass.osgeo.org/development/svn/svn-tags/
== See also ==
 * https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass8Planning

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