X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=4d8664169223b24197869bbf82d5685434b24363;hb=52b33c0f8d996fc4667b27d348fd9b3ea5f49ba2;hp=02e81d77e9525093cc3252d38903717b6252b9eb;hpb=9a12eb1d5baf9c8fc25d8e6bf1ec5c852ac840d0;p=pspp diff --git a/README b/README index 02e81d77e9..4d86641692 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,36 +1,36 @@ -PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data. It -is a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS. +PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data. It is +a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS. -PSPP development is ongoing. It already supports a large subset of -SPSS's syntax. Its statistical procedure support is currently -limited, but growing. At your option, PSPP will produce statistical -reports in ASCII, PostScript, or HTML formats. +PSPP supports T-tests, ANOVA and GLM analyses, factor analysis, +non-parametric tests, linear and logistic regression, clustering, +and other statistical features. PSPP produces statistical reports in +plain text, PDF, PostScript, CSV, HTML, SVG, and OpenDocument formats. +It can import data from OpenDocument, Gnumeric, text and SPSS formats. + +PSPP has both text-based and graphical user interfaces. The PSPP +user interface has been translated into a number of languages. Instructions for PSPP installation are in INSTALL, including a list of prerequisite packages and other PSPP-specific information. Full -documentation on PSPP's language will be installed along with the -programs. +documentation on PSPP's language is also included. For information on differences from previous versions, please see file -NEWS. - +NEWS. + Source code for the latest release of PSPP is available at -ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/pspp/. Older versions may be obtained from +ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/pspp/. Test releases are at ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/. Development sources are available -at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp - -The following miscellaneous notes apply to this release: +at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp - * On a few operating systems, such as OpenBSD, some of the - tests may fail with messages similar to: 'Warning: cannot - create a convertor for "646" to "UTF-8"'. These test - failures may safely be ignored. +Questions and comments about using PSPP may be sent to +pspp-users@gnu.org. Please email bug reports to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org +or file them online at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=pspp. -Questions and comments about using PSPP may be sent to pspp-users@gnu.org. -Bug reports may be filed at http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=pspp -or emailed to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org. We prefer the web-based system -because it makes it more difficult for us to lose track of bugs, but we -are happy to hear from users through any means. +The PSPP bug tracker and bug reporting mailing list are public. To +privately report a security vulnerability in GNU PSPP, please send +your report to the closed mailing list pspp-security@gnu.org. The +PSPP developers will help you assess your report and fix problems +prior to public disclosure. The long term goals for PSPP are ambitious. We wish to provide the following support to users: @@ -46,14 +46,7 @@ following support to users: an "enhanced" mode in certain cases where PSPP can output better results that may surprise SPSS users. - * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces. This release - includes the first version of PSPPIRE, the PSPP graphical - user interface. - - * Attractive output, including graphs, in a variety of human- - and machine-readable formats. PSPP currently produces - output in ASCII, PostScript, and HTML formats. We will - enhance PSPP's output formatting in the future. + * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces. * Good documentation. Currently the PSPP manual describes its language completely, but we would like to add information on @@ -77,14 +70,11 @@ following: constructs. We wish to improve the situation by supplying a more complete and flexible parser generator. - * Easy-to-use support for producing attractive output. - Currently, output is done by writing code to explicitly fill - in table cells with data. We should be able to supply a - more convenient interface that also allows for providing - machine-readable output. - * Eventually, a plug-in interface for procedures. Over the short term, the interface between the PSPP core and statistical procedures is evolving quickly enough that a plug-in model does not make sense. Over the long term, it may make sense to introduce plug-ins. + +For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package note +that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval.