Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of Release/7.8.4-News

Timestamp:

10/04/20 23:47:34 (4 years ago)

Author:

neteler

Comment:

GRASS GIS 7.8.4 released

Release/7.8.4-News

@@ -9 +9 @@
 ==== Stable Release ====
 
- * ~~Release date: ''XX Nov 2020''~~
- * ~~Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/ChangeLog_7.8.4.gz~~
- * ~~Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g78x~~
- * ~~Source code:~~
-   * ~~https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/7.8.4~~
-   * ~~https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.4.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.4.md5sum md5sum])~~
+ * Release date: ''5 Oct 2020''
+ * Changelog: https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/ChangeLog_7.8.4.gz
+ * Binaries: ​https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g78x
+ * Source code:
+   * https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/releases/tag/7.8.4
+   * https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.4.tar.gz ([https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/source/grass-7.8.4.md5sum md5sum])
 
 ==== Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ====
@@ -46 +46 @@
 <!-- format mm-dd-yy -->
 
-The GRASS GIS 7.8.4 release provides '''more than [https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/compare/releasebranch_7_8@%7B05-05-20%7D...releasebranch_7_8@%7B09-26-20%7D 280 fixes and improvements]''' with respect to the release 7.8.3.
-
-...
+The GRASS GIS 7.8.4 release provides '''more than [https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/compare/releasebranch_7_8@%7B05-05-20%7D...releasebranch_7_8@%7B09-26-20%7D 170 fixes and improvements]''' with respect to the previous 7.8.3 release.
+
+This minor release again focuses on wxGUI fixes, especially in the animation export, the layer management, 3D visualization and the data catalogue. Many display modules received fixes as well, and the vector digitizer now works as expected.
 
 ==== New modules ====
@@ -75 +75 @@
  * G78:r.cost (PR:846)
  * G78:r.geomorphon: Spell "flatness" correctly (PR:982)
+ * G78:r.geomorphon: Fix an out-of-bounds read w/multires (PR:995)
  * G78:r.grow.distance: update module description with value raster (PR:983)
  * G78:r.import: do not reproject when projection matches (bug #547) (PR:659)
@@ -184 +185 @@
 ==== GDAL support ====
 
- * ...
+ * n/a
 
 ==== Database support ====
 
- * ...
+ * n/a
 
 ==== Library changes ====
@@ -232 +233 @@
 ==== Docker support ====
 
- * alpine docker: install git before build (PR:990)
+ * Alpine docker: install git before build (PR:990)
+ * Alpine docker: gdal-tools added
  * docker: fix GRASS lib path detection (PR:883)
  * docker: fix README.md names (PR:984)