Octave 2.9.17 available for ftp

[John W. Eaton]

Octave 2.9.17 is now available for ftp from ftp.octave.org in the
directory /pub/octave/bleeding-edge:

  587e030afacc0372b14cac14c4c23792  octave-2.9.16-2.9.17.patch.bz2
  bd7f2a90ecf8f1c2a792cd3c335f3a20  octave-2.9.16-2.9.17.patch.gz
  9db2845674c000427e55fdb3c1872820  octave-2.9.17.tar.bz2
  c8ad52b2954dc403d8b8aa87b7e7e0c9  octave-2.9.17.tar.gz

  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012   144736 Nov 10 06:48 octave-2.9.16-2.9.17.patch.bz2
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012   171815 Nov 10 06:48 octave-2.9.16-2.9.17.patch.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012 11102417 Nov 10 06:48 octave-2.9.17.tar.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012  9622751 Nov 10 06:48 octave-2.9.17.tar.bz2

The snapshot is tagged in the usual way (ss-2-9-17) in the CVS archive
and will be marked as the "testing" (AKA "recommended") version of
Octave on the download page of the Octave web site.

The following note also appears on the front, news, and download
pages of the Octave web site:

  PLEASE NOTE: Octave 2.9.17 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0.
  It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with
  regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please
  read the NEWS file.

jwe