Octave 2.9.18 available for ftp

[John W. Eaton]

Octave 2.9.18 is now available for ftp from ftp.octave.org in the
directory /pub/octave/bleeding-edge:

  4b40aacd767cbf7c535933a60d940e4e  octave-2.9.17-2.9.18.patch.bz2
  8c7314ddb1a017d49beb070311bdebb6  octave-2.9.17-2.9.18.patch.gz
  e96dd3116606c07a9628db08199e996a  octave-2.9.18.tar.bz2
  b7f30e4b01fefef821e57e98e37c6c37  octave-2.9.18.tar.gz

  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012  1530499 Dec 05 18:17 octave-2.9.17-2.9.18.patch.bz2
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012  2721709 Dec 05 18:17 octave-2.9.17-2.9.18.patch.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012 11126642 Dec 05 18:17 octave-2.9.18.tar.bz2
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012 13707184 Dec 05 18:17 octave-2.9.18.tar.gz

The snapshot is tagged in the usual way (ss-2-9-18) 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 2.9.18 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