X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=911c47e0924159d379cbc5beb6a842ca02179960;hb=refs%2Fbuilds%2F20131122030508%2Fpspp;hp=352b6bfa65bcc318e70d9c64cef44c178c92baf3;hpb=79100bdd30230890345c1c5a09ae57a19c1e408b;p=pspp diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 352b6bfa65..911c47e092 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,15 +3,48 @@ Copyright (C) 1996-2000, 2008-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send PSPP bug reports to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org. + +Changes from 0.8.1 to 0.8.1.1: -Changes after 0.8.0: + * 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). + + * Missing values for long string variables are now read from and + written to system files in an SPSS-compatible fashion. + + (Earlier versions of PSPP that supported missing values for long + string variables wrote them to system files in an SPSS-incompatible + 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 is only capable of converting to comma-separated value + files.. + + * Build changes: + + - zlib is now a required dependency. (Previously it was optional.) + +Changes from 0.8.0 to 0.8.1: * New commands: - VARIABLE ROLE. + * Changes to existing commands: + + - CROSSTABS: The requirement that one expected count must be less than five + before Fishers Exact Test will be reported has been removed. + * PSPPIRE graphical user interface improvements: + - A new set of icons has been contributed. + - Syntax windows now parse syntax in "auto" mode, which in practice should mean that both "batch" and "interactive" syntax now works, instead of just "interactive" syntax. @@ -22,6 +55,9 @@ Changes after 0.8.0: - System files written by IBM SPSS 21 are now read without warnings. + - System files written by "VOXCO INTERVIEWER 4.3" are now read + without warnings. + - PSPPIRE should now more gracefully handle syntax files that contain errors.