Hi, 2010/8/18 Hamish <hamis...@yahoo.com>: > 2010/8/12 Markus Neteler: >>> So, there's no need to delay 6.4.0 for ctypes. We can add it in >>> 6.4.1, > > this option has my vote. Release now, as-is, and add ctypes for 6.4.1. > (ok, I've just gotten off an airplane, gimme 24 hours for final tests > on linux and windowsXP now that swig is removed :) > > did swig/examples/ get moved away before the rm? > > >>> or even make a separate package which works with 6.4.0 > > no thanks, too messy. Just release 6.4.1 with it in 3-5 weeks +1 RC.
what's difference RC7 now and in 2 two weeks 6.4.0? > re. default GUI, again my vote is to release now, as-is. > aka don't make major code or policy changes in the last moments before > release, no matter how attractive it seems short-term. > > > I would note that we are default tcl/tk; only the "downstream" packagers > for WinGrass and Mac have decided to change it to Wx in their packages. > (Ok, with the possible exception of j...@osgeo4w downstream is mostly > just us anyway, but technically speaking..) > > actually WinGrass is only default as for the icon it sticks on the desktop. > from the menu there is a "grass64 -tcltk" option and a "grass64 -wxpython" > option. Each will technically reset the default GUI each time you call it. > > Finally, for the FOSS4G 2010 OSGeo Live GIS disc I have packaged it with > ~/.grassrc6 containing GRASS_GUI=wxpython, so there Linux starts with > the wxGUI. > > Switching the GUI is very easy from the Config menu, and even if it is > step 1. it shows the user that other avenues exist if they run into a > problem with e.g. the wx digitizer tool. Changing default GUI in 6.4.1 released in 3-5 weeks seems to be strange to me. The question is whether to change default GUI in 6.4. I cannot tell if wxGUI is robust enough. It should decide the community. To summarize: 6.4.0 release now and in 3-5 weeks release 6.4.1 with quite *major* changes (ctypes added, default GUI changes) seems to me as an overkill. Just my opinion. Martin -- Martin Landa <landa.martin gmail.com> * http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev