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-Changes from 1.4.1 to 1.5.3:
+Changes after 1.6.2:
- * The DEFINE command is now supported.
+ * The CTABLES command is now implemented.
+
+ * FREQUENCIES now honors the LAYERED setting on SPLIT FILE.
+
+ * AGGREGATE:
+
+ - New aggregation functions CGT, CLT, CIN, and COUT.
+
+ - Break variables are now optional.
+
+ * Removed the MODIFY VARS command, which is not in SPSS.
+
+ * Building from a Git repository, which previously required GIMP, now
+ requires rsvg-convert from librsvg2 instead.
+
+ * The pspp-dump-sav program is no longer installed by default.
+
+Changes from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2:
+
+ * Previously, numeric variables defaulted to "scale" measurement
+ level. Now, the default is "unknown", with a better guess chosen
+ based on heuristics the first time the data is read.
+
+ * Bug fixes.
+
+Changes from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1:
+
+ * The SET command now supports LEADZERO for controlling output of a
+ leading zero in F, COMMA, and DOT format.
+
+ * Bug fixes and translation updates.
+
+Changes from 1.4.1 to 1.6.0:
+
+ * In the Kruskal-Wallis test, a misleading result could occur
+ if the lower bound specified by the user was in fact higher
+ than the upper bound specified. This has been fixed.
+
+ * The DEFINE, MATRIX, MCONVERT, and MATRIX DATA commands are now
+ implemented.
* An error in the displayed signficance of oneway anova
contrasts tests has been corrected.
* The user manual, in its Info and HTML versions, now includes
graphical output examples and screenshots.
+ * New command SHOW SYSTEM to easily print system information useful
+ in bug reports.
+
* Build changes:
+ - Perl is no longer required to build.
+
+ - Build now requires Python 3.4 or later. (Building PSPP 1.4.0
+ also required Python, but it wasn't properly documented at the
+ time.)
+
- The Cairo and Pango libraries are now required.
- gettext 0.20 or later is now required.
+ - gtksourceview 4.x is now supported (3.x also remains supported).
+
* Output improvements:
- New drivers for output to TeX source files and to PNG files.