X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=21580b6acc3b9c19d8791a5788e78b875266a6af;hb=5715e8846c6e3a8dd539b2dc9c9c65640f84af76;hp=07b7ce068954abbfe549e0b3ca42113aba745ede;hpb=4f31116689eeda21658601c6ecf75a915b80103b;p=pspp-builds.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 07b7ce06..21580b6a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,11 +1,45 @@ PSPP NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Time-stamp: <2006-01-28 19:05:46 blp> +Time-stamp: <2007-04-03 17:40:57 blp> Copyright (C) 1996-9, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send PSPP bug reports to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org. + +Changes since 0.4.3: + + Changes in build dependencies: + + * iconv, which is ordinarily installed as part of a Unix-like + system, is now required. If you don't have it already, you can + install GNU libiconv (http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/). + + The PROCESS IF command, which was deprecated, has been removed. You + may replace any usage of it by SELECT IF following TEMPORARY, which + has the same effect. + + For developers, the build system now requires Autoconf 2.60 and + Automake 1.10. -Changes since 0.4.0: +Changes since 0.4.0 to 0.4.1: + + Added support for very long string variables > 255 bytes. + + Output changes: + + * Output configuration options have changed. Please refer to the + manual for a full description of the available options. + + In consequence, you will need to reinstall your "devices" file. + "make install" will do this for you. + + * The PostScript driver now obtains font metrics from AFM files, + instead of Groff-format metrics files. It can now embed + PostScript fonts in its output. + + In consequence, you will need to install an AFM file for each + font used in PostScript output. "make install" will install AFM + files for the standard PostScript files, including the ones that + the PostScript driver uses by default. Newly implemented commands and statistical features: @@ -19,10 +53,10 @@ Changes since 0.4.0: A new PSPP extension called "scratch files" has been implemented. A scratch file, like a system file, consists of a dictionary and - any number of cases. A sufficiently small scratch file is stored - in memory; if it grows too large, it is written to disk. By - default, any file handle whose name begins with # is assumed to - refer to a scratch file. + any number of cases. Small scratch files are stored in memory; + one that grows too large is written to disk. By default, any file + handle whose name begins with # is assumed to refer to a scratch + file. Scratch files can be used just about anywhere a system or portable file can be used. Also, portable files are now allowed in most