X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=NEWS;h=50e1332bb5f2b3a8701fa63983a64c65a9119638;hb=refs%2Fbuilds%2F20140120030503%2Fpspp;hp=e3da3e489aa883bdad126b1e2dd301a81837a03a;hpb=a1c1a4ca100da5c40fe8637b1d460e61a4a8668e;p=pspp diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e3da3e489a..50e1332bb5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,17 +1,29 @@ PSPP NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1996-2000, 2008-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1996-2000, 2008-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send PSPP bug reports to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org. -Changes since 0.8.1: +Changes from 0.8.2 to 0.8.3: + + * REGRESSION now recognises /STATISTICS=CI(x) which causes confidence + intervals for the coefficients to be printed. + +Changes from 0.8.1 to 0.8.2: * Charts are now rendered with colours from the Tango palette instead of fully saturated primaries. - * PSPP can now read and write ZCOMPRESSED system files, a new format - variant that compresses data much more effectively than the - previous form of compression (which is still supported). + * Support for new system file variants: + + - PSPP can now read and write ZCOMPRESSED system files, which + compress data much more effectively than older "compressed" + files. (The older format is still supported.) + + - PSPP can now decrypt encrypted system files, using the new + pspp-convert utility. The encrypted system file format is + unacceptably insecure, so to discourage its use PSPP and PSPPIRE + do not directly read or write this format. * Missing values for long string variables are now read from and written to system files in an SPSS-compatible fashion. @@ -21,6 +33,11 @@ Changes since 0.8.1: way. To fix the problem, read the system file with this version of PSPP and then save a new copy of it.) + * pspp-convert, a new standalone utility for converting SPSS system + and portable files to other formats, is now included. The initial + version supports comma-separated value files as output format. + pspp-convert can also decrypt encrypted system files. + * Build changes: - zlib is now a required dependency. (Previously it was optional.)