On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Paulo van Breugel <p.vanbreu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Margherita Di Leo <direg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Probably also >> > http://grass.osgeo.org/documentation/general-overview/#AboutGRASS6 >> > http://grass.osgeo.org/documentation/general-overview/#AboutGRASS7 >> > >> > Should be updated accordingly. (GRASS GIS 7 is under development with a >> > first releases in preparation) >> > >> > Perhaps the "about GRASS6" should become less visible, as now is the >> first >> > that meets the eye. >> > > > Agree, and therefore I would put 'About GRASS GIS 7' first, followed by > the 'About GRASS GIS 6' paragraph (or leave the latter out altogether). > > That paragraph also links to the wikipedia about GRASS should perhaps be > added to the paragraph 'About GRASS GIS 7' instead (The *GRASS GIS 7* > (Wikipedia > entry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS>) ...). And there is a > small typo in that paragraph: A full temporal framwork <- e missing in > framework. > > This btw means the Wikipedia article should be adapted too. I would > suggest the sentence 'GRASS 6.4.0 introduced a new generation of graphical > user interface called *wxGUI*. wxGUI is designed using Python > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29> > programming language and wxPython <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WxPython> > graphical library' should be replaced with the short description, perhaps > based on the above mentioned 'About GRASS GIS 7' paragraph?, i.e., > > The latest stable release version (LTS) is GRASS GIS 7, which is > available since 2015. It offers, amongst others, large data support, an > improved topological 2D/3D vector engine and much improved vector network > analysis. Attributes are managed by default in SQLite format. The display > manager has been improved for usability. The NVIZ visualization tool was > completely rewritten. Image processing has also been improved. A full > temporal framework has been added. See more details at New Features > <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures>. > I agree with all these changes and I would bring the sentence: "GRASS GIS 6.x is the old stable version." as starting sentence of the paragraph GRASS GIS 6. -- Best regards, Dr. Margherita DI LEO Scientific / technical project officer European Commission - DG JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) Via Fermi, 2749 I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.
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