# HG changeset patch # User John W. Eaton # Date 1236443347 18000 # Node ID 25b85c36208ff7a6523f35bf70f015a68d3835c2 # Parent b672260d14e732945f0191cc66d46a0054f9907f update README diff -r b672260d14e7 -r 25b85c36208f README --- a/README Sat Mar 07 11:04:19 2009 -0500 +++ b/README Sat Mar 07 11:29:07 2009 -0500 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU Octave -- a high-level language for numerical computations. -Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2007 John W. Eaton +Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2009 John W. Eaton Overview -------- @@ -23,19 +23,18 @@ ------------ The latest released version of Octave is always available via -anonymous ftp from ftp.octave.org in the directory /pub/octave. -Complete source and binaries for several popular systems are -available. Source distributions of Octave are also available from -ftp.gnu.org in the directory /pub/gnu, as well as many mirror -sites around the world. +anonymous ftp from ftp.gnu.org and its many mirror sites around the +world. You may also find links to binary distributions at +http://www.octave.org/download.html. The current development sources +may be found on Savannah (http://savannah.gnu.org). Installation and Bugs --------------------- -Octave requires approximately 925MB of disk storage to unpack and +Octave requires approximately 1.5GB of disk storage to unpack and compile from source (significantly less if you don't compile with debugging symbols). Once installed, Octave requires approximately -350MB of disk space (again, considerably less if you don't build +450GB of disk space (again, considerably less if you don't build shared libraries or the binaries and libraries do not include debugging symbols). @@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ specific installation instructions, including directions for installing Octave from a binary distribution. -The file BUGS contains a recommended procedure for reporting bugs, as -well as a list of known problems and possible fixes. +The file BUGS explains the recommended procedure for reporting bugs. Documentation ------------- @@ -75,9 +73,4 @@ maintainers mailing lists. -John W. Eaton -jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu -University of Wisconsin-Madison -Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering - -Last updated: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:26:42 EDT +Last updated: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:18:14 EST