# HG changeset patch
# User Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
# Date 1477993362 -3600
# Node ID 2b8c5b40da84d7208fb5d29da1c6b8a27a9adeb2
# Parent  52d2b28125b844fd197d07b76f5d6e0fe6ca7faa
Add first version for 4.2.0 release note.

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+---
+layout: post
+title:  "GNU Octave 4.2.0 Released"
+date:   2016-11-01
+categories: news
+---
+
+**WARNING - THIS IS JUST A DEMO POST!!!**
+GNU Octave version 4.2.0 has been released and is now available for
+[download][1].  An official [Windows binary installer][2] is available.
+For [MacOS X][3] see the installation instructions in the wiki.
+
+This major release improves compatibility with Matlab and contains many new
+and improved functions.  A list of important user-visible changes is available
+by selecting the [Release Notes][4] item in the News menu of the GUI or by
+typing `news` at the Octave command prompt.
+
+Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release!
+
+[1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }}
+[2]: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/octave-4.2.0_0-installer.exe
+[3]: {{ site.wiki_url }}/Octave_for_MacOS_X
+[4]: {{ "NEWS-4.2.html" | absolute_url }}