= 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 ===

=== 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 * SVN Checkout latest 7.4 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):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)

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

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

* Command prompt - Log files produces empty log files, closes #3657
* attribute table manager fails to start from new mapset, closes #3658
* wxGUI: wx4 doesn't have Image.GetHandlers, fixes #3617
* G_OPT_DB_WHERE - non-functional 'table' icon in gui, closes #3619
* v.out.ogr: do not modify OGR dsn
* 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 ====

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

==== Projection support ====

==== Library changes ====

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

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

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

==== Portability ====

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

==== Message Translations ====

=== New Addons since GRASS 7.4.0 ===

=== 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)]]