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changeset 71:f1d50c25e0a3 kai
Overhauled all News posts.
author | Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> |
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date | Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:50:21 +0200 |
parents | ca78967fd4c3 |
children | eed30c5acfbe |
files | _posts/2012-12-31-news-archive.markdown _posts/2013-01-28-oct-conf-milano.markdown _posts/2013-02-21-octave-3.6.4-released.markdown _posts/2013-12-31-octave-3.8.0-released.markdown _posts/2014-03-07-google-summer-of-code.markdown _posts/2014-03-07-octave-3.8.1-released.markdown _posts/2014-09-22-oct-conf-montreal.markdown _posts/2015-05-29-octave-4.0.0-released.markdown _posts/2016-03-23-octave-4.0.1-released.markdown _posts/2016-07-02-octave-4.0.3-released.markdown _posts/news.markdown |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2012-12-31-news-archive.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,549 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "News Archive" +date: 2012-12-31 +categories: news +--- + +- August 1, 2012 + + <a href="http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/socis-2012-students/">ESA + approved <em>two</em> students</a> to work for Octave under the + SOCIS mentorship programme! Congratulations to Wendy Liu and + Andrius Sutas who will be working on finishing the Agora website + and low-level I/O respectively. + + +- July 18, 2012 + + Octave has + been <a href="http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2012/?q=node/13">accepted + into SOCIS</a>. We're now hiring for one position! + + +- July 16, 2012 + + <a href="http://www.octave.org/wiki/OctConf_2012">OctConf + 2012</a> is currently underway. + + +- June 8, 2012 + + <a href="http://planet.octave.org">Planet Octave</a> is up, + which is a collection of blogs related to Octave. At the moment, + it's principally dedicated to the blogs from students working + under Google Summer of Code. + + +- May 31, 2012 + + Version 3.6.2 has been released and is now available + for <a href="download.html">download</a>. Octave 3.6.2 is a + minor bug-fixing release. See + the <a href="NEWS-3.6.html">NEWS</a> file for a list of + user-visible changes since 3.4. + + +- April 23, 2012 + + Octave will be participating + in <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012">Google + Summer of Code 2012</a> with three students. Congratulations to + Max Brister, Jacob Dawid, and Benjamin Lewis who will be working + respectively on JIT compiling, finishing our native GUI, and + least squares spectral analysis. + + +- February 22, 2012 + + Version 3.6.1 has been released and is now available + for <a href="download.html">download</a>. Octave 3.6.1 is a + major new release. See the <a href="NEWS-3.6.html">NEWS</a> + file for a list of user-visible changes. + + +- February 1, 2012 + + <a href="http://www.octave.org/wiki/OctConf_2012">OctConf + 2012</a> will take place during July 16-20 2012. All Octave users and + developers invited! + + +- October 10, 2011 + + Version 3.4.3 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.4.3 is a bug fixing release. + + +- August 15, 2011 + + Following <a href="http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Code-Sprint-Results-td3672698.html">the + success</a> of the first sprint, we will be having a second sprint on + September 3, 2011. The details are again at + <a href="sprint.html">Code Sprints</a>. + + +- July 16, 2011 + + First Octave code sprint to occur on July 16th, 2011. Bring + your coffee and come mingle with other Octave programmers while + we race to beat a coding goal. See + <a href="sprint.html">Code Sprints</a> for all the + details. + + +- June 24, 2011 + + Version 3.4.2 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.4.2 fixes some minor installation problems that affected + version 3.4.1. See the [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.4.html" | absolute_url }}) file + for a list of changes. + + +- June 15, 2011 + + Version 3.4.1 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.4.1 is primarily a bug fixing release. See the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.4.html" | absolute_url }}) file for a list of changes + since the previous release. + + +- February 8, 2011 + + Version 3.4.0 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.4.0 is a major new release. See the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.4.html" | absolute_url }}) file for a list of + user-visible changes. + + +- November 19, 2010 + + A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is + available for ftp (3.3.54). You should only be using this version if you are + interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the + occasional bug. Note that this snapshot is available from + <tt>alpha.gnu.org</tt>, not <tt>ftp.octave.org</tt> + + +- October 19, 2010 + + A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is + available for ftp (3.3.53). You should only be using this version if you are + interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the + occasional bug. + + +- August 1, 2010 + + A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is + available for ftp (3.3.52). You should only be using this version if you are + interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the + occasional bug. + + +- March 24, 2010 + + A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is + available for ftp (3.3.51). You should only be using this version if you are + interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the + occasional bug. + + +- March 24, 2010 + + We are now using the [bugs.octave.org](http://bugs.octave.org) bug tracker + to manage bug reports instead of the bug@octave.org mailing + list. For now, the list will continue to function, but you are + strongly encouraged to use the tracker instead. + + +- January 28, 2010 + + Version 3.2.4 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.2.4 is a bug-fixing release + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.2.html" | absolute_url }}) file for a list of + user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series. + + +- September 21, 2009 + + Version 3.2.3 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.2.3 is a bug-fixing release + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.2.html" | absolute_url }}) file for a list of + user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series. + + +- September 12, 2009 + + A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is + available for ftp (3.3.50). You should only be using this version if you are + interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the + occasional bug. + + +- July 22, 2009 + + Version 3.2.2 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.2.2 is a bug-fixing release + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.2.html" | absolute_url }}) file for a list of + user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series. + + +- June 6, 2009 + + Version 3.2.0 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.2.0 is a major new release. See the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.2.html" | absolute_url }}) file for a list of + user-visible changes. + + +- April 8, 2009 + + Version 3.0.5 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.0.5 fixes a serious file reading bug that was discovered just + after the 3.0.4 release. + + +- April 2, 2009 + + Version 3.0.4 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.0.4 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the + release of version 3.0.3 have been fixed. + Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave + 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and + built-in variables. Please read the [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + + +- March 26, 2009 + + A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is + available for ftp (3.1.55). You should only be using this version if you are + interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the + occasional bug. + + +- March 7, 2009 + + A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is + available for ftp (3.1.54). You should only be using this version if you are + interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the + occasional bug. + + +- February 9, 2009 + + A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is + available for ftp. You should only be using this version if you are + interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the + occasional bug. + + +- October 10, 2008 + + Version 3.0.3 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.0.3 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the + release of version 3.0.2 have been fixed. + Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave + 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and + built-in variables. Please read the [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + + +- August 14, 2008 + + Version 3.0.2 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.0.2 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the + release of version 3.0.1 have been fixed. + Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave + 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and + built-in variables. Please read the [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + + +- April 21, 2008 + + Version 3.0.1 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Octave 3.0.1 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the + release of version 3.0.0 have been fixed. + Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave + 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and + built-in variables. Please read the [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + + +- December 21, 2007 + + Version 3.0.0 has been released and is now available for ftp. + Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave + 2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and + built-in variables. Please read the [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + + +- December 11, 2007 + + Version 2.9.19 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.19 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `December', `005259') + + +- December 5, 2007 + + Version 2.9.18 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.18 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `December', `005913') + + +- November 10, 2007 + + Version 2.9.17 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.17 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `November', `004842') + + +- October 31, 2007 + + Version 2.9.16 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.16 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `October', `004645') + + +- October 13, 2007 + + Version 2.9.15 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.15 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `October', `004352') + + +- September 17, 2007 + + Version 2.9.14 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.14 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `September', `004002') + + +- July 25, 2007 + + Version 2.9.13 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.13 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `July', `003572') + + +- May 23, 2007 + + Version 2.9.12 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.12 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `May', `002949') + + +- May 22, 2007 + + Version 2.9.11 is now available for ftp and is the new + "testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download + page, 2.9.11 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is + significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to + graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the + [NEWS]({{ "NEWS-3.html" | absolute_url }}) file. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `May', `002932') + + +- March 27, 2007 + + Version 2.9.10 is now available for ftp. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `March', `002372') + + +- March 1, 2007 + + Thanks to Bob Weigel and Nabble, it is now possible to + [search](www.nabble.com/Octave-f1895.html) the + contents of the Octave mailing lists all the way back to the beginning + of time (around 1992). + + +- December 7, 2006 + + A new graphics branch of the code is now in the works to keep all + graphics data in Octave to improve compatibility with Matlab and + facilitate newer graphics back-ends. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `December', `001435') + + +- October 2, 2006 + + Version 2.9.9 is now available for ftp. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `October', `000743') + + +- August 24, 2006 + + Version 2.9.8 is now available for ftp. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `August', `000500') + + +- July 28, 2006 + + Version 2.9.7 is now available for ftp. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `July', `000431') + + +- July 27, 2006 + + Fairly complete support for Matlab's MEX interface has been + added to the Octave CVS archive and will be part of the 2.9.7 + shapshot. Please see + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `July', `000424') + for more details. + + +- June 29, 2006 + + Please see this + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `June', `000309') + if you are having trouble compiling Octave 2.9.6 with GCC 3.x. + After applying the patch, you'll need to run autogen.sh and configure + again. This means you'll need to have a recent version of + autoconf installed. Or, you can upgrade to GCC 4.x or you can wait for + 2.9.7. So many options! + + +- June 9, 2006 + + Version 2.9.6 is now available for ftp. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `June', `000281') + + +- May 26, 2006 + + Function file cacheing has been improved with hopefully major + speedups when calling m-file functions. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000230') + + +- May 21, 2006 + + Octave-forge is being cleaned up by moving core functions into + the main Octave distribution. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000195') + + +- May 11, 2006 + + Path manipulation was significantly cleaned up. Now instead of + manipulating the <code>LOADPATH</code> variable, you can use the + <code>addpath</code>, <code>rmpath</code>, and <code>path</code> + functions. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000147') + + +- May 3, 2006 + + To enable XML reading, mat2cell was developed along + with significantly more efficient versions of regexp and regexprep. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000025') + + +- May 2, 2006 + + All warn_* built-in variables were removed and replaced by warning + identifiers that may be used with the warning function. For example, + <code>warn_divide_by_zero = false;</code> would now be + <code>warning ("off", "Octave:divide-by-zero");</code>. + __MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000044') + + +- March 23, 2006 + + Versions 2.1.73 and 2.9.5 are now available for ftp. + + +- November 11, 2005 + + Versions 2.1.72 and 2.9.4 are now available for ftp. + + +- May 18, 2005 + + Version 2.9.3 is now available for ftp. + + +- May 5, 2005 + + Version 2.1.70 is now available for ftp. + + +- April 22, 2005 + + Version 2.9.2 is now available for ftp. + + +- March 29, 2005 + + Version 2.1.69 is now available for ftp. + + +- March 27, 2005 + + Version 2.1.68 is now available for ftp. + Version 2.9.1 is now available for ftp. + + +- March 15, 2005 + + Version 2.9.0 is now available for ftp. This snapshot is the first + in the series leading to Octave 3.0. + + +- March 4, 2005 + + Version 2.1.67 is now available for ftp. + + +- February 24, 2005 + + Version 2.1.66 is now available for ftp. + + +- February 18, 2005 + + Version 2.1.65 is now available for ftp. + + +- December 3, 2004 + + Version 2.1.64 is now available for ftp. + + +- November 17, 2004 + + Version 2.1.63 is now available for ftp. The CVS archive has been + split to allow work to proceed toward Octave 3.0 while also + stabilizing a 2.1.x version.
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2013-01-28-oct-conf-milano.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "OctConf 2013" +date: 2013-01-28 +categories: news +--- + +[OctConf 2013][1] will take place in Milano, Italy during June 24-26, 2013. +All Octave users, developers, and enthusiasts are welcome to attend! + +Registrations for OctConf 2013 are [now open][2]! + +[1]: http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2013 +[2]: http://www2.mate.polimi.it/ocs/?cf=42
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2013-02-21-octave-3.6.4-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "GNU Octave 3.6.4 Released" +date: 2013-02-21 +categories: news +--- + +Version 3.6.4 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. +Octave 3.6.4 is a minor bug-fixing release. +See the [NEWS][2] file for a list of user-visible changes since 3.4. + +[1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }} +[2]: {{ "NEWS-3.6.html" | absolute_url }}
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2013-12-31-octave-3.8.0-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "GNU Octave 3.8.0 Released" +date: 2013-12-31 +categories: news +--- + +Version 3.8.0 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. +Octave 3.8.0 is a major new release. +See the [NEWS][2] file for a list of user-visible changes. + +[1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }} +[2]: {{ "NEWS-3.8.html" | absolute_url }}
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2014-03-07-google-summer-of-code.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Google Summer of Code" +date: 2014-02-26 +categories: news +--- + +Octave was selected as a [mentoring organization][1] for the +[Google Summer of Code][2] program for 2014. +We have participated in the past as part of the [GNU Project][3] +but this is the first year that we have been a mentoring organization. + +Interested students who meet the [requirements][4] listed on the GSoC +web site are encouraged to apply (see the Students and Eligibility section). +Please also note the [guidelines for Octave][5]. + +[1]: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/octave +[2]: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014 +[3]: https://www.gnu.org/ +[4]: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page +[5]: http://wiki.octave.org/GSoC_Project_Ideas#Steps_Toward_a_Successful_Application
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2014-03-07-octave-3.8.1-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "GNU Octave 3.8.1 Released" +date: 2014-03-04 +categories: news +--- + +Version 3.8.1 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. +Octave 3.8.1 is a major new release. +See the [NEWS][2] file for a list of user-visible changes. + +[1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }} +[2]: {{ "NEWS-3.8.html" | absolute_url }}
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2014-09-22-oct-conf-montreal.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "OctConf 2014" +date: 2014-09-22 +categories: news +--- + +The presentation slides are available at +[http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2014](http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2014). + +![OctConf 2015]({{ "/img/octconf-2014.png" | absolute_url}})
--- a/_posts/2015-05-29-octave-4.0.0-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:49:25 2016 +0200 +++ b/_posts/2015-05-29-octave-4.0.0-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ categories: news --- -Octave version 4.0.0 has been released and is now available for [download][]. +Octave version 4.0.0 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. Some of the many new features of this major release are: - including a graphical user interface, @@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ - better compatibility with Matlab, and - many new and improved functions. -An official [Windows binary installer][] is available. +An official [Windows binary installer][2] is available. -A list of important user-visible changes is available -by selecting the [Release Notes][] item in the News menu of the GUI -or by typing `news` at the Octave command prompt. +A list of important user-visible changes is available by selecting the +[Release Notes][3] 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! -[download]: http://www.octave.org/download.html -[Release Notes]: http://octave.org/NEWS-4.0.html -[Windows binary installer]: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/octave-4.0.0_0-installer.exe +[1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }} +[2]: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/octave-4.0.0_0-installer.exe +[3]: {{ "NEWS-4.0.html" | absolute_url }}
--- a/_posts/2016-03-23-octave-4.0.1-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:49:25 2016 +0200 +++ b/_posts/2016-03-23-octave-4.0.1-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ categories: news --- -Octave version 4.0.1 has been released and is now available for [download][]. +Octave version 4.0.1 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. Octave 4.0, released in May 2015, was a major new version with many new features, @@ -160,5 +160,4 @@ | sed 's/\(patch #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/patch\/?\2)/' {% endhighlight %} -[download]: http://www.octave.org/download.html -[bug fixing release]: http://www.octave.org/fixes-4-0-1.html +[1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }}
--- a/_posts/2016-07-02-octave-4.0.3-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:49:25 2016 +0200 +++ b/_posts/2016-07-02-octave-4.0.3-released.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:50:21 2016 +0200 @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ categories: news --- -Octave Version 4.0.3 has been released and is now available for [download][]. -An official [Windows binary installer][] is also available. +Octave Version 4.0.3 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. +An official [Windows binary installer][2] is also available. This version is another bug fixing release: @@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ | sed 's/\(patch #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/patch\/?\2)/' {% endhighlight %} -[download]: http://www.octave.org/download.html -[Windows binary installer]: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/octave-4.0.3-installer.exe +[1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }} +[2]: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/octave-4.0.3-installer.exe
--- a/_posts/news.markdown Thu Oct 13 17:49:25 2016 +0200 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,422 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: post -title: "GNU Octave 4.0.3 Released" -date: 2016-07-02 -categories: news ---- - -<div class="content"> - -<dl> - <dt>March 7, 2014</dt> - <dd>Version 3.8.1 has been released and is now available - for <a href="download.html">download</a>. Octave 3.8.1 is a - major new release. See the <a href="NEWS-3.8.html">NEWS</a> - file for a list of user-visible changes. - </dd> - <dt>February 26, 2014 — Google Summer of Code</dt> - <dd> - <p> - Octave was selected as - a <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/octave">mentoring - organization</a> for - the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014">Google - Summer of Code</a> program for 2014. We have participated in - the past as part of the - <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU Project</a> but this is the first - year that we have been a mentoring organization. - </p> - <p> - Interested students who meet - the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page">requirements</a> - listed on the GSoC web site are encouraged to apply (see the - Students and Eligibility section). Please also note - the <a href="http://wiki.octave.org/GSoC_Project_Ideas#Steps_Toward_a_Successful_Application">guidelines - for Octave</a>. - </p> - </dd> - <dt>December 31, 2013</dt> - <dd>Version 3.8.0 has been released and is now available - for <a href="download.html">download</a>. Octave 3.8.0 is a - major new release. See the <a href="NEWS-3.8.html">NEWS</a> - file for a list of user-visible changes. - </dd> - <dd> - Registrations for OctConf 2013 are - <a href="http://www2.mate.polimi.it/ocs/?cf=42">now open</a>! - </dd> - <dt>February 21, 2013</dt> - <dd>Version 3.6.4 has been released and is now available - for <a href="download.html">download</a>. Octave 3.6.4 is a - minor bug-fixing release. See - the <a href="NEWS-3.6.html">NEWS</a> file for a list of - user-visible changes since 3.4. - </dd> - <dt>January 28, 2013</dt> - <dd> - <a href="http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2013">OctConf 2013</a> - will take place in Milano, Italy during June 24-26, 2013. All - Octave users, developers, and enthusiasts are welcome to attend! - </dd> - <dt>August 1, 2012</dt> - <dd> - <a href="http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/socis-2012-students/">ESA - approved <em>two</em> students</a> to work for Octave under the - SOCIS mentorship programme! Congratulations to Wendy Liu and - Andrius Sutas who will be working on finishing the Agora website - and low-level I/O respectively. - </dd> - <dt>July 18, 2012</dt> - <dd> - Octave has - been <a href="http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2012/?q=node/13">accepted - into SOCIS</a>. We're now hiring for one position! - </dd> - <dt>July 16, 2012</dt> - <dd> - <a href="http://www.octave.org/wiki/OctConf_2012">OctConf - 2012</a> is currently underway. - </dd> - - <dt>June 8, 2012</dt> - <dd> - <a href="http://planet.octave.org">Planet Octave</a> is up, - which is a collection of blogs related to Octave. At the moment, - it's principally dedicated to the blogs from students working - under Google Summer of Code. - </dd> - <dt>May 31, 2012</dt> - <dd>Version 3.6.2 has been released and is now available - for <a href="download.html">download</a>. Octave 3.6.2 is a - minor bug-fixing release. See - the <a href="NEWS-3.6.html">NEWS</a> file for a list of - user-visible changes since 3.4. - </dd> - <dt>April 23, 2012</dt> - <dd> - Octave will be participating - in <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012">Google - Summer of Code 2012</a> with three students. Congratulations to - Max Brister, Jacob Dawid, and Benjamin Lewis who will be working - respectively on JIT compiling, finishing our native GUI, and - least squares spectral analysis. - </dd> - <dt>February 22, 2012</dt> - <dd>Version 3.6.1 has been released and is now available - for <a href="download.html">download</a>. Octave 3.6.1 is a - major new release. See the <a href="NEWS-3.6.html">NEWS</a> - file for a list of user-visible changes. - </dd> -<dt>February 1, 2012</dt> -<dd><a href="http://www.octave.org/wiki/OctConf_2012">OctConf -2012</a> will take place during July 16-20 2012. All Octave users and -developers invited!</dd> -<dt>October 10, 2011</dt> -<dd>Version 3.4.3 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.4.3 is a bug fixing release.</dd> - <dt>August 15, 2011</dt> - <dd>Following <a href="http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Code-Sprint-Results-td3672698.html">the - success</a> of the first sprint, we will be having a second sprint on - September 3, 2011. The details are again at - <a href="sprint.html">Code Sprints</a>. - </dd> - <dt>July 16, 2011</dt> - <dd>First Octave code sprint to occur on July 16th, 2011. Bring - your coffee and come mingle with other Octave programmers while - we race to beat a coding goal. See - <a href="sprint.html">Code Sprints</a> for all the - details. - </dd> -<dt>June 24, 2011</dt> -<dd>Version 3.4.2 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.4.2 fixes some minor installation problems that affected -version 3.4.1. See the __OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.4.html', `NEWS') file -for a list of changes. -<dt>June 15, 2011</dt> -<dd>Version 3.4.1 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.4.1 is primarily a bug fixing release. See the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.4.html', `NEWS') file for a list of changes -since the previous release.</dd> -<dt>February 8, 2011</dt> -<dd>Version 3.4.0 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.4.0 is a major new release. See the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.4.html', `NEWS') file for a list of -user-visible changes.</dd> -<dt>November 19, 2010</dt> -<dd>A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is -available for ftp (3.3.54). You should only be using this version if you are -interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the -occasional bug. Note that this snapshot is available from -<tt>alpha.gnu.org</tt>, not <tt>ftp.octave.org</tt></dd> -<dt>October 19, 2010</dt> -<dd>A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is -available for ftp (3.3.53). You should only be using this version if you are -interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the -occasional bug.</dd> -<dt>August 1, 2010</dt> -<dd>A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is -available for ftp (3.3.52). You should only be using this version if you are -interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the -occasional bug.</dd> -<dt>March 24, 2010</dt> -<dd>A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is -available for ftp (3.3.51). You should only be using this version if you are -interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the -occasional bug.</dd> -<dt>March 24, 2010</dt> -<dd>We are now using the __HTTP__(`bugs.octave.org', `a bug tracker') -to manage bug reports instead of the bug@octave.org mailing -list. For now, the list will continue to function, but you are -strongly encouraged to use the tracker instead.</dd> -<dt>January 28, 2010</dt> -<dd>Version 3.2.4 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.2.4 is a bug-fixing release -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.2.html', `NEWS') file for a list of -user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series.</dd> -<dt>September 21, 2009</dt> -<dd>Version 3.2.3 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.2.3 is a bug-fixing release -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.2.html', `NEWS') file for a list of -user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series.</dd> -<dt>September 12, 2009</dt> -<dd>A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is -available for ftp (3.3.50). You should only be using this version if you are -interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the -occasional bug.</dd> -<dt>July 22, 2009</dt> -<dd>Version 3.2.2 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.2.2 is a bug-fixing release -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.2.html', `NEWS') file for a list of -user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series.</dd> -<dt>June 6, 2009</dt> -<dd>Version 3.2.0 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.2.0 is a major new release. See the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.2.html', `NEWS') file for a list of -user-visible changes.</dd> -<dt>April 8, 2009</dt> -<dd>Version 3.0.5 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.0.5 fixes a serious file reading bug that was discovered just -after the 3.0.4 release.</dd> -<dt>April 2, 2009</dt> -<dd>Version 3.0.4 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.0.4 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the -release of version 3.0.3 have been fixed. -Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave -2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and -built-in variables. Please read the __OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', -`NEWS') file.</dd> -<dt>March 26, 2009</dt> -<dd>A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is -available for ftp (3.1.55). You should only be using this version if you are -interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the -occasional bug.</dd> -<dt>March 7, 2009</dt> -<dd>A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is -available for ftp (3.1.54). You should only be using this version if you are -interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the -occasional bug.</dd> -<dt>February 9, 2009</dt> -<dd>A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is -available for ftp. You should only be using this version if you are -interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the -occasional bug.</dd> -<dt>October 10, 2008</dt> -<dd>Version 3.0.3 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.0.3 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the -release of version 3.0.2 have been fixed. -Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave -2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and -built-in variables. Please read the __OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', -`NEWS') file.</dd> -<dt>August 14, 2008</dt> -<dd>Version 3.0.2 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.0.2 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the -release of version 3.0.1 have been fixed. -Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave -2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and -built-in variables. Please read the __OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', -`NEWS') file.</dd> -<dt>April 21, 2008</dt> -<dd>Version 3.0.1 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Octave 3.0.1 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the -release of version 3.0.0 have been fixed. -Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave -2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and -built-in variables. Please read the __OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', -`NEWS') file.</dd> -<dt>December 21, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 3.0.0 has been released and is now available for ftp. -Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave -2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and -built-in variables. Please read the __OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', -`NEWS') file.</dd> -<dt>December 11, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.19 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.19 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `December', `005259')</dd> -<dt>December 5, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.18 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.18 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `December', `005913')</dd> -<dt>November 10, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.17 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.17 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `November', `004842')</dd> -<dt>October 31, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.16 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.16 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `October', `004645')</dd> -<dt>October 13, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.15 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.15 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `October', `004352')</dd> -<dt>September 17, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.14 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.14 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `September', `004002')</dd> -<dt>July 25, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.13 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.13 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `July', `003572')</dd> -<dt>May 23, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.12 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.12 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `May', `002949')</dd> -<dt>May 22, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.11 is now available for ftp and is the new -"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download -page, 2.9.11 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0. It is -significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with regard to -graphics, path handling, and built-in variables. Please read the -__OCTAVE_HTTP__(`NEWS-3.html', `NEWS') file. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `May', `002932')</dd> -<dt>March 27, 2007</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.10 is now available for ftp. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2007', `March', `002372')</dd> -<dt>March 1, 2007</dt> -<dd>Thanks to Bob Weigel and Nabble, it is now possible to -__HTTP__(`www.nabble.com/Octave-f1895.html', `search') the -contents of the Octave mailing lists all the way back to the beginning -of time (around 1992).</dd> -<dt>December 7, 2006</dt> -<dd>A new graphics branch of the code is now in the works to keep all -graphics data in Octave to improve compatibility with Matlab and -facilitate newer graphics back-ends. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `December', `001435')</dd> -<dt>October 2, 2006</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.9 is now available for ftp. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `October', `000743')</dd> -<dt>August 24, 2006</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.8 is now available for ftp. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `August', `000500')</dd> -<dt>July 28, 2006</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.7 is now available for ftp. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `July', `000431')</dd> -<dt>July 27, 2006</dt> -<dd>Fairly complete support for Matlab's MEX interface has been -added to the Octave CVS archive and will be part of the 2.9.7 -shapshot. Please see -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `July', `000424') -for more details.</dd> -<dt>June 29, 2006</dt> -<dd>Please see this -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `June', `000309') -if you are having trouble compiling Octave 2.9.6 with GCC 3.x. -After applying the patch, you'll need to run autogen.sh and configure -again. This means you'll need to have a recent version of -autoconf installed. Or, you can upgrade to GCC 4.x or you can wait for -2.9.7. So many options!</dd> -<dt>June 9, 2006</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.6 is now available for ftp. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `June', `000281')</dd> -<dt>May 26, 2006</dt> -<dd>Function file cacheing has been improved with hopefully major -speedups when calling m-file functions. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000230')</dd> -<dt>May 21, 2006</dt> -<dd>Octave-forge is being cleaned up by moving core functions into -the main Octave distribution. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000195')</dd> -<dt>May 11, 2006</dt> -<dd>Path manipulation was significantly cleaned up. Now instead of -manipulating the <code>LOADPATH</code> variable, you can use the -<code>addpath</code>, <code>rmpath</code>, and <code>path</code> -functions. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000147')</dd> -<dt>May 3, 2006</dt> -<dd>To enable XML reading, mat2cell was developed along -with significantly more efficient versions of regexp and regexprep. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000025')</dd> -<dt>May 2, 2006</dt> -<dd>All warn_* built-in variables were removed and replaced by warning -identifiers that may be used with the warning function. For example, -<code>warn_divide_by_zero = false;</code> would now be -<code>warning ("off", "Octave:divide-by-zero");</code>. -__MAIL_THREAD__(`maintainers', `2006', `May', `000044')</dd> -<dt>March 23, 2006</dt> -<dd>Versions 2.1.73 and 2.9.5 are now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>November 11, 2005</dt> -<dd>Versions 2.1.72 and 2.9.4 are now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>May 18, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.3 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>May 5, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.1.70 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>April 22, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.2 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>March 29, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.1.69 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>March 27, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.1.68 is now available for ftp.<br /> -Version 2.9.1 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>March 15, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.9.0 is now available for ftp. This snapshot is the first -in the series leading to Octave 3.0.</dd> -<dt>March 4, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.1.67 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>February 24, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.1.66 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>February 18, 2005</dt> -<dd>Version 2.1.65 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>December 3, 2004</dt> -<dd>Version 2.1.64 is now available for ftp.</dd> -<dt>November 17, 2004</dt> -<dd>Version 2.1.63 is now available for ftp. The CVS archive has been -split to allow work to proceed toward Octave 3.0 while also -stabilizing a 2.1.x version.</dd> -</dl> - -</div> - -__footer__