> > > > So if I would be you I would proceed as follows: > > > > > > - Change the ITP bug into a "new version available" bug against GRASS. > > > - Provide a patch which build a working GRASS package of version 5.7. > > > > Regarding the information that I gave about the different version I > > would second this proposition. Another possibilty could be to update > > grass 5.0 to grass 5.3 and to add a new package grass 5.7 but since > > the raster stuff of grass 5.[0|3] is nearly the same as for grass > > 5.7 this is not really necessary. > The problem is that we IMHO do not have enough developers to maintain > even one version of GRASS in the amount it would deserve. So splitting > forces into two versions would be a bad idea. The information above > IMHO supports my idea of updating the existin GRASS package and I would > go the way I mentioned above.
You are right. I'll take these steps and offer help towards having a single grass package at version 5.7. Thanks, Steve