X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=b899f56d0da3d8d7d6da34cc3fb18212478bc5ea;hb=f0beeb7830243e21c5444f0b4dd446057b44e24f;hp=976105c0db40cb64b0236a3e7393c1facc5925cb;hpb=2e0595dd8e344dbdcab740d7d2a3b67d153d6b39;p=pspp diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 976105c0db..b899f56d0d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,13 +1,71 @@ PSPP NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Time-stamp: <2003-12-09 11:33:29 blp> +Time-stamp: <2005-03-07 22:30:34 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. -Version 0.3.1 changes since 0.3.0: +Preliminary list of changes from 0.3.1 to 0.3.2: - Update build system to Autoconf 2.58, Automake 1.7, gettext 0.12.1. + PSPP now reads and writes system files compatible with spssV12. + + New commands: VARIABLE WIDTH, VARIABLE ALIGNMENT, VARIABLE LEVEL. + + +Preliminary list of changes from 0.3.0 to 0.3.1: + + New build dependencies: + + * The GNU Scientific Library (libgsl), version 1.6 or later. + + * The GNU multiprecision arithmetic library (libgmp). + + * libplot from GNU plotutils is optional; without it, the new + graphing features will not work. + + + Newly implemented commands and statistical features: + + * DATE (as a stub, to enhance compatibility). + + * EXAMINE. + + * FREQUENCIES now supports percentiles. + + * ONEWAY. + + * PERMISSIONS. + + * SHOW. + + * T-TEST (re-written). + + * USE (as a stub, to enhance compatibility). + + New --algorithm and --syntax command line options allow + SPSS-compatible or enhanced modes to be selected. + + Support for transformation expressions has been rewritten and + significantly improved. Refer to the manual for details. + + Calculation of moments (mean, standard deviation, kurtosis, + skewness) has been rewritten and should now be more accurate. + + Numerous bugs have been fixed, too many to mention here. Many new + tests have been added, leading to the discovery and fixing of many + of these bugs. + + ASCII driver can now squeeze multiple blank lines into single blank + lines. + + Much of the code has been rewritten and refactored. It is now much + cleaner. + + lib/julcal has been removed. + + For developers, the build system now requires Autoconf 2.58 and + Automake 1.7. The included gettext has been updated to version + 0.12.1. Version 0.3.0 changes since 0.2.3: