Re: pspp-0.11.0 released [stable]

[Jeremy Lavergne]

General chatter about version numbers.


I wonder if, in the future, continuing to overload the version number
will be as helpful as, say, staying at an RC for a set duration before
promoting to release.

I vaguely remember there being an effort to get to "1.0" at some point
as well, since "same features as spss" is likely a moving goal.


On 08/13/2017 02:17 AM, John Darrington wrote:
> As 11 is an odd number this release starts with the warning 
> 
>  "Test release only. Not for production use."
> 
> J'
> 
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 11:44:43AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>      I'm very pleased to announce the release of a new version of GNU PSPP.
>      PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data.  It is a
>      free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS.
>      
>      Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature[*]:
>        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/pspp-0.11.0.tar.gz
>        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/pspp-0.11.0.tar.gz.sig
>      
>      Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
>        http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
>      
>      [*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
>      .sig suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig file
>      and the corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:
>      
>        gpg --verify pspp-0.11.0.tar.gz.sig
>      
>      If that command fails because you don't have the required public key,
>      then run this command to import it:
>      
>        gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys C6648E90
>      
>      and rerun the 'gpg --verify' command.
>      
>      Changes from 0.10.2 to 0.11.0:
>      
>       * The REGRESSION command now has a /ORIGIN subcommand to perform
>         regression through the origin.
>      
>       * The FACTOR command can now analyse matrix files prepared with MATRIX 
> DATA.
>      
>       * The FACTOR command can now print the anti-image matrices.
>      
>       * The MATRIX DATA command has been added.
>      
>       * Some inappropriate properties in selection dialogs have been 
> corrected.
>      
>       * A bug which could cause the HTML driver to go into a tight loop
>         has been fixed.
>      
>       * An error in the FREQUENCIES procedure, where the word "Mean" was
>         printed when "Variance" was appropriate has been fixed.
>      
>       * The ncurses library is no longer required or used.
>      
>       * A bug where the Mann-Whitney test would give misleading results
>         if run on multiple variables and MISSING=ANALAYSIS was specified
>         has been fixed.
>      
>       * Gtk+3.14.5 or later must now be used when building.
>      
>       * Graphical user interface changes:
>      
>       ** There is a new menu: Edit|Options
>      
>       ** The Non Parametric Statistics Menu has a new item: "K Independent 
> Samples".
>      
>       ** Dialog boxes can now be canceled using the <Escape> key.
>      
>       * The AUTORECODE command now accepts an optional / before INTO.
>      
>       * The short form of the VECTOR command can now create string variables.
>      
>       * Bug fixes, including fixes for CVE-2017-10791 and CVE-2017-10792.
>      
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