# HG changeset patch # User Kai T. Ohlhus # Date 1534236780 -7200 # Node ID 0eb919e81f47e899a82cd36196fcbe1090a361a2 # Parent 3ecaed4b95e88644e986568fa88cf379197e9a4d GNU Octave 4.4.1 release. diff -r 3ecaed4b95e8 -r 0eb919e81f47 _posts/2018-08-09-octave-4.4.1-released.markdown --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2018-08-09-octave-4.4.1-released.markdown Tue Aug 14 10:53:00 2018 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "GNU Octave 4.4.1 Released" +date: 2018-08-09 +categories: news release +--- + +Octave Version 4.4.1 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. +An official [Windows binary installer][2] is also available. + +This version is a bug fixing release: + +## Improvements + +- disable compound binary operator optimization ([bug #54465](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54465)) +- Fix initial bracketing for fzero ([bug #54445](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54445)). +- Fix scrolling command window in Windows 10 ([bug #52496](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52496)). +- Produce a single backtrace for global declaration overriding local variable. +- revive `setstr` ([bug #54417](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54417)) +- `ode15i.m`: In tests, use unlikely symbol name instead of "foo". +- `run.m`: In test, use a symbol name that is unlikely to be a function. +- avoid alignment warning on solaris systems ([bug #54389](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54389)) +- Improve error message if iconv is not available ([bug #54384](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54384)). +- avoid error in gnulib wrapper on systems that don't have fpu control word +- avoid unused variable warning on some systems +- avoid fprintf format warning on some systems +- eliminate unnecessary `sun-utils.h` header file +- `index.tst`: Make tests case insensitive for `NaN`, `NA`, `Inf` values ([bug #54385](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54385)). +- positive value from `uname` can mean success ([bug #54235](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54235)) +- add some bug numbers to the test suite +- consider any non-zero return from `uname` to be failure ([bug #54235](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54235)) +- if freetype detection fails, unset `FT2_*` config variables ([bug #54369](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54369)) +- Produce same random number stream for `"state"` initialized to `Inf` ([bug #54342](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54342)). +- avoid crash when loading classdef objects ([bug #54319](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54319)) +- `hist.m`: Don't error out if called with identical `Y` values ([bug #54326](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54326)). +- Parse empty struct input correctly ([bug #54318](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54318)). +- Fix regression in 4.2.0 which disallowed printing with some Ghostscript devices. +- transform `libiconv.dll.a` to `-liconv` for `mkoctfile` ([bug #53920](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53920)) +- `trapz.m`: Overhaul function to fix errors with different orientations of X and Y ([bug #54277](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54277)). +- Write audio OGG files in smaller chunk sizes ([bug #54280](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54280)). +- Use LAPACK `DTGSEN` subrouting for ordered-qz computation ([bug #53761](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53761)) +- Fix `blkmm` to work with empty matrices ([bug #54261](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54261)). +- use octave bat file in pkg install configure/make when in windows ([bug #53938](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53938)). +- `repelem.m`: Fix behavior when final repeat count is 0 ([bug #54275](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54275)). +- `.hgsub`: Use hg.octave.org instead of hg-new.octave.org +- move some fortran and dynamic linking configure checks to separate macros +- `configure.ac`: Reorder tests so that FPICFLAG is correctly set on Solaris ([bug #54235](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54235)). +- `eigs.m`: Decrease opts.maxit in UnconvergedEigenvalues BIST ([bug #54179](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54179)). +- fix ambiguous overload build error on Solaris ([bug #54217](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54217)) +- `pkg.m`: Restore ability to use file glob patterns when specifying local pkg files ([bug #54224](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54224)). +- Use `%ld` format code in `xerbla printf` ([bug #54206](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54206)). +- use `int` instead of `size_t` for `xerbla` string length ([bug #54206](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54206)) +- Pair `fclose` with all `fopen` and prevent `file-io.cc` test fails ([bug #54180](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54180)). +- `fsolve.m`: Return `info=1` when initial guess `x0` is correct ([bug #53991](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53991)). +- `fsolve.m`: Add BIST test for [bug #53991](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53991). +- `fsolve.m`: exit with `info=-2` when singularity reached ([bug #53991](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53991)). +- ensure that Make sees Octave exit status when running make check +- `interpreter.cc (intialize_xerbla_error_handler, xerbla_abort)`: New functions. +- improve warnings for global/local variable conflicts ([bug #54052](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54052)) +- maybe preserve local value when declaring variable global ([bug #54052](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54052)) +- fix regression in `text` ([bug #54109](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54109)) +- create valid tmp scope for `who -file` ([bug #54030](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54030)) +- `polar.m`: Correct axes limits when using negative rho values ([bug #53999](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53999)). +- `text.m`: Fix regression when 'String' property is specified ([bug #54067](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54067)). +- allow `NULL mxArray*` to be returned as undefined from fcn calls ([bug #54096](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54096)) +- treat `NULL` as `[]` for `mxSetFieldByNumber` and `mxSetCell` ([bug #54096](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54096)) +- Properly test Qt offscreen printing during manual figures generation. +- Avoid segfault with textscan ([bug #53786](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53786)). +- add Qt include needed to build against Qt 5.11 ([bug #53978](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53978)) +- make listing local functions for command completion work again ([bug #53925](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53925)) +- Stop segfault in debug mode with readline complete ([bug #53925](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53925)). +- Remove code to install default colors for qt toolkit from window theme ([bug #53805](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53805)). +- back out changes attempting to automatically call handle class destructor +- `residue.m`: Use a pre-conditioner on final matrix division for numerical stability ([bug #53869](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53869)) +- track multiple file types `(oct|m|mex)` for private functions ([bug #53856](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53856)) +- also preserve temporaries in indexing expressions ([bug #53844](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53844)) +- also update load-path info if private subdir time stamp changes ([bug #53856](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53856)) +- defer deletion of temporaries in argument lists ([bug #53844](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53844)) +- improve test for handle class destructor +- call delete method correctly for handle class objects ([bug #53844](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53844)) +- use `size_t` for f77 char arg length params with GCC 8 ([bug #53872](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53872)) +- Fix `lrwork` dimension in svd for complex cases ([bug #53823](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53823)). +- `lines.m`: Don't open empty figure or axes if none already exist ([bug #53648](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53648)) + + +## GUI + +- gui: fix editor rendering on some displays, disable QScintilla buffered drawing + + +## Build system + +- `m4/octave_blas_f77_func.m4`: Restore 64-bit integer BLAS detection ([bug #53853](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53853)). +- build: include `inplace_edit.pl` in tarball ([bug #54349](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54349)). +- fix test for 8-byte integer BLAS lib on big-endian systems ([bug #53853](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53853)) +- `OCTAVE_CHECK_LIB`: avoid shell syntax error if not checking for lib +- build: avoid compiler warning about unused function `abs` ([bug #54237](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54237)) +- build: Work around bug in perl 5.28.0 ([bug #54202](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54202)). + + +## Documentation + +- doc: Add version number to top title of HTML manual for clarity. +- `flip.m`: Update docstring. +- `setdiff.m`: Fix typo in documentation ([bug #54393](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54393)). +- doc: Replace instances of realroot (non-existent) with realpow ([bug #54336](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54336)). +- `HACKING.md`: Update for recently removed files. +- remove unused qtinfo source files +- doc: Remove bad calling convention for warning with a mode struct ([bug #54288](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54288)) +- Document work-around for disabling OpenGL software rendering ([bug #53845](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53845)). +- `xpow.cc (err_nonsquare_matrix)`: Clarify error message ([bug #54248](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54248)). +- doc: Miscellaneous documentation fixes all over the manual ([bug #54288](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54288)). +- doc: small fixes to `size` and `plot.txi` ([bug #54283](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54283)). +- doc: Clarify description of Example 4 for `size` ([bug #54283](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54283)). +- doc: Fix malformed URL ([bug #54225](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54225)). +- Fix typo in error statement from containers.Map ([bug #54103](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54103)). +- doc: Use `qcode` macro to document `fseek` offsets ([bug #51402](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51402)). +- Use correct abbreviation UTC for Coordinated Universal Time ([bug #53918](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53918)). +- doc: Rewrite section on indexing for clarity ([bug #53675](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53675)). +- `md5sum.m`: Fix error in sample code ([bug #53829](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53829)). + +The above list was generated using the following command and some manual +post-processing and grouping: + +{% highlight bash %} +hg log -r "release-4-4-0:release-4-4-1" -b stable \ +| grep "summary:" | nl | sort -rn | cut -f 2- \ +| sed 's/summary:\s*/- /' \ +| sed 's/\(bug #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/bugs\/?\2)/' \ +| sed 's/\(patch #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/patch\/?\2)/' +{% endhighlight %} + + [1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }} + [2]: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows diff -r 3ecaed4b95e8 -r 0eb919e81f47 community-news.html --- a/community-news.html Tue Aug 14 10:51:08 2018 +0200 +++ b/community-news.html Tue Aug 14 10:53:00 2018 +0200 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ entires in the GUI: this-is-the-gnu-octave-community-news-page - community-news-page-serial=10 + community-news-page-serial=11 -->