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A first release candidate of GRASS 6.4.1 is now available.

Source code:
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.1RC1.tar.gz

Windows Binaries:
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.4.1RC1-1-Setup.exe

More binaries will become available shortly.

To get the RC1 source code from SVN:
svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20110103_grass_6_4_1RC1

An announcement has been drafted at
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1RC1-News

All RC news will be merged into the final announcement later.

Since the 6.4.0 release in September 2010 almost 390 source code
modifications have been made to the 6.4.x release branch. Key
improvements of the GRASS 6.4.1 release include enhanced
portability for MS-Windows (native support), fixes for the new
wxPython based portable graphical interface, and new functionality.

Release candidate management at
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass6Planning

Please join us in testing this release candidate for the final release.

Thanks to all contributors!