PSPP NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-Time-stamp: <2004-02-29 21:38:25 blp>
+Time-stamp: <2005-03-06 23:05:46 blp>
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Version 0.3.1 changes since 0.3.0:
- Update build system to Autoconf 2.58, Automake 1.7, gettext 0.12.1.
+ New build dependencies:
- T-TEST is now implemented.
+ * 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.
+
+ * T-TEST.
+
+ * 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.
+ 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:
Bugs fixed: