GRASS GIS 6.4 development visualization from 1999 to 2013 (with soundtrack)
Channel: markusN12345
Date: 2013-07-29

Watch how the community based GRASS GIS 6.4 software development works! You can see how the individual contributors modify and expand the source code. The corresponding timeline is also available at
http://grass.osgeo.org/home/history/releases/

GRASS GIS 6.4 development visualization from 1999 to 2013 with Gource
http://grass.osgeo.org/home/history/releases/

Dec 29, 1999: GRASS GIS 5.0 is being stored in an online source code repository in December 1999...
Dec 02, 2000: The developers work on all parts of the code...
Jan 15, 2002: Working on the future GRASS GIS 5.1 release
Nov 25, 2002: Starting GRASS 5.1 development with code restructuring
Jun 14, 2004: GRASS GIS 5.7 released in June 2004
Nov 09, 2004: Source code restructuring to get a better directory layout (all other developers waiting...)
Nov 09, 2004: ... thousands of files are modified in this operation ...
Nov 10, 2004: All developers resume their activities after the restructuring
Jan 10, 2005: Preparing the GRASS GIS 6.0.0 release...
Apr 09, 2005: GRASS GIS 6.0.0 published, release branch being split off from trunk for easier maintenance
Feb 22, 2006: Release of GRASS GIS 6.0.2 and new source code refactoring startedApr 05, 2006: Heavy development activity in trunk (development branch) ...
Oct 25, 2006: GRASS GIS 6.2.0 released in October 2006
Apr 10, 2007: Preparing the GRASS GIS 6.2.2 release...
Jun 16, 2007: GRASS GIS 6.2.2 released in June 2007
Nov 01, 2007: Raster and vector modules being actively maintained...
Apr 02, 2007: New graphical user interface development speeding up (wxGUI)
Feb 20, 2008: Copyright statements prettified in many files
May 31, 2008: New GRASS 6 development branch being split off from trunk (which becomes GRASS 7)
Jun 10, 2008: Developers moving over to new branch
Feb 23, 2009: GRASS 6.4 release branch split off from GRASS 6 development branch
Apr 03, 2009: GRASS GIS 6.4 preparations starting...
Feb 24, 2010: Intense maintenance in GRASS 6.4 release branch
Sep 15, 2010: GRASS GIS 6.4.0 released in September 2010
Apr 12, 2011: GRASS GIS 6.4.1 released in April 2011
Jun 27, 2011: GRASS GIS 6.4.svn matures for the upcoming 6.4.2 release
Aug 16, 2011: Intense maintenance in GRASS 6.4 release branch (GRASS GIS 7 development not shown here)...
Feb 19, 2012: GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released in February 2012
Nov 13, 2012: Backporting graphical user interface bugfixes from GRASS GIS 7 to GRASS GIS 6.4
Apr 17, 2013: Further maintenance in GRASS 6.4 release branch
Jul 10, 2013: Fixing odds 'n ends for the new stable release
Jul 27, 2013: GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released in July 2013

GRASS GIS Project: http://grass.osgeo.org/ (GPL)

THANKS TO ALL CONTRIBUTOR!
http://grass.osgeo.org/development/

Rendering: Markus Neteler

Audio track editing: Duccio Rocchini & Antonio Galea

Music: Le bruit peut rendre sourd - Track 6/18
       Album "Sensation electronique" by Saelynh (CC-BY-NC-ND)
       http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1236/le-bruit-peut-rendre-sourd

Software used:
       Gource software: http://code.google.com/p/gource/ (GPL)
       OpenShot video editor: http://www.openshotvideo.com/ (GPL)