AFAICT the only reason to do a 6.4.2rc3 is to test
the latest changes to init.sh and g.extension.sh
which are in devbr6 right now. So I would propose to
backport those to relbr64 as soon as I get some
independent verification that it works for $you in
6.5svn*, release a quick 6.4.2rc3 by the end of the
week, and then hopefully we can send 6.4.2-final
out the door before the end-of-year holidays.
changes are--
* init.sh: if GRASS_ADDON_PATH is not set, then
set it to ~/.grass6/addons
* if the path given for the prefix= option doesn't
exist (e.g. ~/.grass6/addons), then create it
instead of exiting with an error.
* fix symlink test for default install dir in
case the hardcoded default destination is used.
[*] actually since I now notice that 6.4.2rc2
shipped with the broken g.extension install bug,
I've backported them just now in r49320. fwiw this
would have been done for rc2 but it went out the
door before I got the warning that its release was
imminent.
I think that this is a good plan - the latest changes definitely need testing.
Unrelated to init.sh I just compiled the release branch and I have the 3D view enabled in Map display,
however, when I run it, lighting does not work (and maybe other things as well)
- although this has been fixed in GRASS7.
Is this the intention? If yes, should there
be some message that to get the full functionality the user should run TclTk nviz
or would it be possible to backport the rest of wxnviz to GRASS6.4.2 release?
Or is the problem on my side that I did not update and compile wxnviz properly?
Helena
On Nov 21, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Hamish wrote:
Hi,
AFAICT the only reason to do a 6.4.2rc3 is to test
the latest changes to init.sh and g.extension.sh
which are in devbr6 right now. So I would propose to
backport those to relbr64 as soon as I get some
independent verification that it works for $you in
6.5svn*, release a quick 6.4.2rc3 by the end of the
week, and then hopefully we can send 6.4.2-final
out the door before the end-of-year holidays.
changes are--
* init.sh: if GRASS_ADDON_PATH is not set, then
set it to ~/.grass6/addons
* if the path given for the prefix= option doesn't
exist (e.g. ~/.grass6/addons), then create it
instead of exiting with an error.
* fix symlink test for default install dir in
case the hardcoded default destination is used.
[*] actually since I now notice that 6.4.2rc2
shipped with the broken g.extension install bug,
I've backported them just now in r49320. fwiw this
would have been done for rc2 but it went out the
door before I got the warning that its release was
imminent.