# HG changeset patch # User Kai T. Ohlhus # Date 1487974193 -3600 # Node ID 7e69ba94298414213b4b8b2272ba1648694dd29d # Parent 3a6d7e9903a09503fe5684af3efad9b8216f6300 GNU Octave 4.2.1 release. diff -r 3a6d7e9903a0 -r 7e69ba942984 _posts/2017-02-24-octave-4.2.1-released.markdown --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2017-02-24-octave-4.2.1-released.markdown Fri Feb 24 23:09:53 2017 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "GNU Octave 4.2.1 Released" +date: 2017-02-24 +categories: news release +--- + +Octave Version 4.2.1 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: + +- doc: Fix differences between example code and run time results ([bug #50282](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50282)). +- Fix opengl "invalid operation" when zooming ([bug #50317](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50317)). +- doc: provide complete examples in plotting documentation ([bug #44263](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44263)). +- doc: Overhaul Java interface description ([bug #50299](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50299)). +- doc: Add documentation for hex and binary prefix and `_` separator([bug #50305](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50305) and [bug #50334](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50334)). +- Fix incorrect handling of `0b` binary numbers in complex constants. +- Guarantee returning `std::string` from tilde_expand functions ([bug #50234](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50234)). +- Workaround segfault in `file_stat` ([bug #50234](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50234)). +- Better documentation of `*fcn` properties. +- genpropdoc.m: document more graphics properties ([bug #50337](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50337)). +- doc: Fix build of docs broken in `sub2ind` ([bug #50348](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50348)). +- always fork and exec when starting the gui ([bug #49609](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49609)). +- maint: add classdef test files from cset 194481349d22 ([bug #49819](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49819)). +- print.m: fix regression with `-append` option ([bug #50318](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50318)). +- version.m: document that `-release` returns an empty string ([bug #50294](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50294)). +- Don't display legend, colorbar, and annotation axes coordinates ([bug #50272](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50272)). +- doc: Remove trailing `"\n\"` from `sleep` and `usleep` docstrings ([bug #50301](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50301)). +- fix settings update for existing editor tabs (regression from b3ced5e3cebb). +- acinclude.m4: Correct test for `SetPlaceHolderText`. +- configure: use the correct flags when testing for the CXSparse library version. +- `__run_test_suite__.m`: fix typo in return values. +- qp.m: Fix regression with incorrect vector dimensions ([bug #50067](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50067)). +- make editor save its widget settings again when octave quits +- Prevent infinite loop in global documentation search ([bug #50177](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50177)). +- connect execute command signal in editor constructor ([bug #50171](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50171)) +- connect editors execute command signal to the required slot ([bug #50171](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50171)) +- check if input is class method before declaring it unimplemented ([patch #9238](https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?9238) and [bug #49694](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49694)). +- doc: Expand documentation for `cast` ([bug #50201](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50201)). +- doc: Correct two entries in Table 34.1 ([bug #50203](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50203)). +- oop.txi: Improve table formatting ([bug #50203](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50203)). +- Workaround segfault when an error occurs while printing ([bug #49779](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49779)) +- doc: Fix `##` in middle of docstring/comment lines ([bug #50145](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50145)). +- doc: Reword documentation about subplots in 15.2.4 ([bug #50148](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50148)). +- doc: Update unimplemented list of functions and where to find them ([bug #50098](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50098)). +- axis.m: Do not set `plotboxaspectratio` to `0` ([bug #49755](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49755)). +- help.m: Return valid list of keywords for `--list`. +- don't rethrow exception in destructor ([bug #49304](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49304)). +- rethrow `octave::exit_exception` ([bug #49304](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49304)). +- doc: Don't use `@code` in `@deftypefn` because it expands badly in plain text format. +- Update `appdata.xml` to follow conventions ([bug #49952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49952)). +- mexproto.h (`mxAssert`, `mxAssertS`): ensure operator precedence ([bug #50050](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50050)). +- compare_plot_demos: fix spurious link to next page. +- compare_plot_demos: fix HTML syntax, simplify output, remove external deps ([bug #49709](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49709)). +- Calculate error in solution for ode solvers correctly ([bug #49950](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49950)). +- doc: Add more depth to explanation of `~` function argument ([bug #49444](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49444)). +- Use `GetModuleFileName` for getting octave path in windows ([bug #48671](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48671)). +- Use C++ updaters for labels color ([bug #49980](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49980)). +- distinguish elements vs. bytes in fread ([bug #49699](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49699)). +- doc: Add more `seealso` links between docstrings. +- use correct dimensions for liboctave `+=` and `-=` matrix operators. +- fix cut and paste error in sparse matrix solver. +- doc: Review Appendix A, External Code Interface, of manual. +- fminsearch.m: Fix error in `guarded_eval`. +- Move `frame2im` and `im2frame` to `image/` directory ([bug #49939](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49939)). +- doc: Document `nargout=0` calling mode for `ode23`, `ode45`. +- Fix undefined return argument for more than 2 outputs from ode solver ([bug #49890](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49890)). +- CITATION: Use `and` instead of comma to separate author names. +- CITATION: Fix accent for Søren in BibTeX entry. +- Fix `inv` for hermitian matrices (bug introduced in 5ce959c55cc0) ([bug #49904](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49904)). +- doc: Correct documentation for javaclasspath file ([bug #49873](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49873)). +- Fix gzip for certain types of gzip files ([bug #49760](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49760)). +- Fix typo in liboctave version info ([bug #49860](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49860)). +- Initialize ODE Event function with start time ([bug #49846](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49846)). +- languages/de_DE.ts: Fix spacing and punctuation ([patch #9188](https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?9188)). +- allow configure test to succeed without implicit fcn decls ([bug #49782](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49782)). +- gnulib: import fix for link.m4. +- allow external docstrings from .oct files to be found again ([bug #49687](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49687)). +- don't require semicolon between property list elements ([bug #49819](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49819)). +- Fall back to Octave's regular display method for class objects without a display method. +- exit with non-zero status if parsing or evaluation of `--eval` code fails. +- display.m: Correctly display output for non-class objects ([bug #49753](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49753) and [bug #49794](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49794)). +- Don't run publish.tst unless OSMESA or gnuplot are available ([bug #49767](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49767)). +- doc: Rewrite parts of Introduction chapter. +- doc: Rewrite docstrings for `sub2ind` and `ind2sub`. +- doc: Small fixes to docstrings ([bug #49733](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49733)). +- doc: Update documentation for `norm`, `normest`, `normest1`, `condest`. +- doc: Update docstring for `condest`. +- find help for function aliases again ([bug #49687](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49687)). +- legend.m: backport cset 7184b4516a68 ([bug #49675](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49675)). +- doc: Add programming note to caxis docstring. +- axis.m: Replace call to non-existent function `clim` with `caxis`. +- doc: Update documentation for `axis`. +- doc: Update documentation for `[xyz]lim.m`. +- preserve `lasterror` info on rethrow ([bug #49642](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49642)). +- light.m: Update docstring. +- Change text describing demo plots to reflect new ColorOrder ([bug #49288](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49288)). +- norm: fix input validation tests. +- norm: fix error in input argument validation leading to segfault ([bug #49634](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49634)). +- doc: Update month of TeX title page. +- doc: Clarify inputs and outputs for `rgb2hsv`. + +The above list was generated using the following command and very little +manual post-processing: + +{% highlight bash %} +hg log -r "release-4-2-0:release-4-2-1" -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 3a6d7e9903a0 -r 7e69ba942984 community-news.html --- a/community-news.html Fri Feb 17 16:05:30 2017 +0100 +++ b/community-news.html Fri Feb 24 23:09:53 2017 +0100 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ entires in the GUI: this-is-the-gnu-octave-community-news-page - community-news-page-serial=7 + community-news-page-serial=8 -->