= GRASS GIS 7.4.2 =

NOTE: PLANNED RELEASE 

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A short summary of changes: '''[wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures74 New features in GRASS 7.4]'''

=== Releases ===

==== Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ====

 * Release date: ''28 Sep 2018''
 * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/ChangeLog_7.4.2RC1.gz
 * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g74x
 * Source code: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/grass-7.4.2RC1.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/grass-7.4.2RC1.md5sum md5sum])
 * SVN Source Code Checkout 7.4.2RC1:
{{{
  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20180928_grass_7_4_2RC1
}}}

=== SVN Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"7.4.2"]
 * SVN Checkout latest 7.4 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):
{{{ 
  svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_4
}}}

=== Overview of changes ===

A series of new features and stability fixes, manual improvements, and a few language translations have been added.

The GRASS GIS 7.4.2 release provides '''more than 100 fixes and improvements''' with respect to the stable release 7.4.1.

==== Minor module changes ====

(see also below for closed bugs)

* G74:db.execute: check return code of db_execute_immediate() also for sql option
* G74:i.colors.enhance: check for not existing maps, see #2984
* G74:i.segment: avoid integer overflow with extremely large regions
* G74:i.segment: fix memory management estimation
* G74:i.segment: input bands must not be NULL or constant
* G74:i.vi: add NDVI keyword
* G74:r.buffer: fix interger overflow
* G74:r.horizon: check if coordinates are within the current region, fixes #3634
* G74:r.import: remove hardcoded memory limit
* G74:r.what: fix if coords are just outside current region
* G74:v.db.addtable: create unique index
* G74:v.distance: use default db connection of current mapset
* G74:v.in.ogr: OGR dsn and GRASS db connections are independent of each other
* G74:v.in.ogr: use column type 'text' when appropriate
* G74:v.out.ogr: do not modify OGR dsn
* G74:v.to.db: add more keywords
* G74:v.to.db: fix fractal dimension index

==== Improvements in the Graphical User Interface ====

* attribute table manager fails to start from new mapset, closes #3658
* command prompt - Log files produces empty log files, closes #3657
* G_OPT_DB_WHERE - non-functional 'table' icon in gui, closes #3619
* wxGUI: wx4 doesn't have !Image.GetHandlers, fixes #3617
* wxGUI: fix m.nviz.image command building
* wxGUI: use simpler widget for !MapsetSelect to avoid wxWidgets bug
* wxGUI/rdigit: fix raster digitizer toolbar on mac

==== Scripting ====

* libpython: by default, no error output is produced even though the output in case of failure
* pygrass wrongly reported lines for point vector maps, closes #3549

==== Library changes ====

* lib/dbmibase: fix get/set connection parameters, clarify default and current parameters
* libraster: improved error msg if compression is not supported
* Vlib, Vect_merge_lines(): use correct line type in messages

==== User Manuals - Documentation ====

* G74:d.vect: explain z height for 3D lines/polygons, see #934
* G74:i.atcorr: +short explanation for input visibility raster
* G74:i.atcorr: update manual for PlanetScope 0f
* G74:r.compress manual: example update to current state of r.compress
* G74:r.compress manual: raster NULL cells are compressed by default
* G74:r.fillnulls manual: example extended with bilinear method
* G74:r.in.gdal manual: Raster Attribute Tables note added
* G74:r.mapcalc manual: fix FCELL/float() precision description
* G74:t.rast.algebra manual: explain ply installation on MS-Windows
* G74:v.category: explain option=report
* G74:v.surf.rst manual: example changed from Spearfish to North Carolina dataset
* G74:v.univar manual: beautify example section
* G74:v.what.vect: distance units are meters for lat-long locations

==== Portability ====

* Dockerfile: have UTF8 defined
* Dockerfile: 'set ENV SHELL' to avoid /bin/sh fallback in interactive GRASS GIS sessions in docker
* Dockerfile: added ncurses dependency since tput is used in lib/init/grass.py
* Fedora RPM SPEC: fix wxGTK-devel and cairo-devel dependencies
* wingrass: wxpython packages rename to python-wx
* winGRASS: add python-ply as a dependency
* winGRASS: add pip as dependency

=== Closed tickets ===

==== Closed bugs since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.4.2&type=defect&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]

==== Closed wishes since the last release ====

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.4.2&type=enhancement&resolution=fixed&order=priority)]]