changeset 239:0220f5ec3988

Octave 6.2.0 release 2021-02-20
author Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
date Sun, 21 Feb 2021 02:47:54 +0900
parents 64817a5ad5b3
children fd916b69fb1d
files _posts/2021-02-20-octave-6.2.0-released.markdown pages/community-news.html pages/menu/download.md
diffstat 3 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) [+]
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/_posts/2021-02-20-octave-6.2.0-released.markdown	Sun Feb 21 02:47:54 2021 +0900
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title:  "GNU Octave 6.2.0 Released"
+date:   2021-02-20
+categories: news release
+---
+
+Octave Version 6.2.0 has been released and is now available for [download][1].
+An official [Windows binary installer][2] is also available.
+For [macOS][3] see the installation instructions in the wiki.
+
+This version is a bug fixing release:
+
+## Improvements
+
+- `bicgstab.m`, `cgs.m`: Fix typo in `"iter_min"` variable name ([bug #60071](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60071)).
+- Compute with `NA` correctly on MIPS architecture ([bug #59830](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59830)).
+- Fix lookup of `"caller"` stack frame ([bug #59847](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59847)).
+- Also wait on `main_thread` after interpreter shuts down ([bug #56952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56952)).
+- Fix symbol lookup issue with anonymous functions ([bug #55989](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55989)).
+- Line buffer input in `terminal_reader` class.
+- `qr`: Error for dense `A` and `B` with three output arguments ([bug #58944](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58944)).
+- `strmatch.m`: Always return column vector for Matlab compatibility ([bug #59917](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59917))
+- Avoid crash when `evalin` global variables into existence in script ([bug #59937](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59937))
+- Avoid crash on null statement list ([bug #59938](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59938)).
+- Fix ignored output from user function in left side of assignment ([bug #59704](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59704)).
+- Temporarily set lvalue list to null ([bug #59704](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59704)).
+- `fminbnd.m`: do not ignore `"OutputFcn"` ([bug #59901](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59901)).
+- `load-path.cc`: Reduce number of times `"canonicalize_file_name"` is called ([bug #59711](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59711)).
+- `interpn.m`: Use `size_equal` for 10X speedup in cset 067b663529bb ([bug #59856](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59856)).
+- `interpn.m`: Fix check for scattered point coordinates ([bug #59856](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59856)).
+- Avoid `YYUSE` in Octave parser files (see [bug #59806](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59806)).
+- `struct2hdl.m`: Set `"units"` property early.
+- `load-path.cc`: Avoid copying string for loop variable.
+- `pcg.m`: Return correct `FLAG` and correct `RELRES` output ([bug #59776](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59776)).
+- Use static keyword on regexp pattern in `file_stat` ([bug #59706](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59706)).
+- `stat`: Improve regular expression for UNC roots on Windows ([bug #59706](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59706)).
+- `stat`: Use `"make_absolute"` instead of `"canonicalize_file_name"` on Windows ([bug #59706](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59706)).
+- Improve `class_simple` function handle function lookup ([bug #59661](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59661)).
+- `hdl2struct.m`: store hidden text properties ([bug #57241](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57241)).
+- Mark script created with commands from history as modified.
+- `replem.m`: Fix operations with sparse matrices ([bug #59705](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59705)).
+- `ode_event_handler.m`: Fix mishandling of event edge types and multiple events ([bug #59709](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59709)).
+- Increase size of dynamic variable `new_argv` by 1 to avoid indexing out of array.
+- Fix incorrect results for set functions with `"legacy"` option ([bug #59708](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59708)).
+- `dir.m`: Return folder (not including file) in field `"folder"` ([bug #59689](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59689)).
+- Avoid memory leak with function handles ([bug #59659](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59659)).
+- Avoid dispatch error if method argument is a function handle ([bug #59617](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59617)).
+- Avoid crash due to accessing first element of empty list ([bug #59656](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59656)).
+- Don't propagate prevailing `isargout` info through `mexCallMATLAB` ([bug #59597](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59597)).
+- Show original error when failing to create a graphics object ([bug #59620](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59620)).
+- Fix regression with superclass lookup in classdef constructors ([bug #59602](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59602)).
+- Allow Octave class `execution_exception` to catch `std::exception` objects ([bug #59592](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59592)).
+
+
+
+## GUI
+
+- Fix restoring editor session after having closed all tabs ([bug #60051](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60051)).
+- Maybe convert TAB to SPC in GUI terminal pasted text ([bug #59916](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59916)).
+- Make bracketed paste mode work in GUI terminal.
+- Fix regression in variable editor when printing without selection.
+- Avoid gui when octave is launched in non-interactive mode ([bug #59628](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59628)).
+- `file-editor-tab.cc` (dtor): do not delete `m_edit_area` ([bug #59628](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59628)).
+- Fix error when restoring previous main window layout ([bug #59426](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59426)).
+- Improve default sizes of gui dock widgets.
+- Clean up constructing main window layout of the gui.
+- Fix focus command window after command execution ([bug #59609](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59609)).
+- Check object size before plotting from variable editor ([bug #56685](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56685)).
+- `documentation.cc`: Include missing header ([bug #59553](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59553)).
+
+## Build system / Tests
+
+- Add default value to `OCTAVE_MIPS_NAN` configure macro for cross-compiling ([bug #59830](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59830)).
+- tests: Function name should match file name ([bug #59704](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59704)).
+- Avoid build errors with Qt4 ([bug #59813](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59813)).
+- eigs.m: Make tests that depend on CHOLMOD conditional.
+- tests: Make tests that depend on CXSparse conditional.
+- build: Use `SPARSE_XCPPFLAGS` in `CPP_FLAGS` for libcorefcn ([bug #59806](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59806)).
+- Add test case for [bug #59661](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59661).
+- `hgsave.m`: Allow test to run with qt or gnuplot graphics toolkits ([bug #57241](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57241)).
+
+## Documentation
+
+- `embedded.cc`: Fix syntax error interpreter shutdown.
+- Update Octave Project Developers copyright for the new year.
+- Use the same comment style for copyright headers in .m files and shell scripts.
+
+The above list was generated using the following command and some manual
+post-processing and grouping:
+
+{% highlight bash %}
+hg log -r "release-6-1-0:release-6-2-0" -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://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows
+ [3]: {{ site.wiki_url }}/Octave_for_macOS
--- a/pages/community-news.html	Thu Feb 18 11:14:22 2021 +0900
+++ b/pages/community-news.html	Sun Feb 21 02:47:54 2021 +0900
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 entries in the GUI:
 
   this-is-the-gnu-octave-community-news-page
-  community-news-page-serial=14
+  community-news-page-serial=15
 
 -->
 
--- a/pages/menu/download.md	Thu Feb 18 11:14:22 2021 +0900
+++ b/pages/menu/download.md	Sun Feb 21 02:47:54 2021 +0900
@@ -83,28 +83,28 @@
 </div>
 
 - Windows-64 (recommended)
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w64-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64-installer.exe)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w64-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64-installer.exe)
     (~ 300 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64-installer.exe.sig)
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w64.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64.7z)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64-installer.exe.sig)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w64.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64.7z)
     (~ 300 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64.7z.sig)
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w64.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64.zip)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64.7z.sig)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w64.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64.zip)
     (~ 530 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64.zip.sig)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64.zip.sig)
 
 <p></p>
 
 - Windows-32 (old computers)
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w32-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w32-installer.exe)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w32-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w32-installer.exe)
     (~ 275 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w32-installer.exe.sig)
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w32.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w32.7z)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w32-installer.exe.sig)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w32.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w32.7z)
     (~ 258 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w32.7z.sig)
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w32.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w32.zip)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w32.7z.sig)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w32.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w32.zip)
     (~ 447 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w32.zip.sig)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w32.zip.sig)
 
 <p></p>
 
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@
   version above.
   </small>
 
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w64-64-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64-64-installer.exe)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w64-64-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64-64-installer.exe)
     (~ 286 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64-64-installer.exe.sig)
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w64-64.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64-64.7z)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64-64-installer.exe.sig)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w64-64.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64-64.7z)
     (~ 279 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64-64.7z.sig)
-  - [octave-6.1.0-w64-64.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64-64.zip)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64-64.7z.sig)
+  - [octave-6.2.0-w64-64.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64-64.zip)
     (~ 490 MB)
-    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.1.0-w64-64.zip.sig)
+    [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.2.0-w64-64.zip.sig)
 
 All Windows binaries with corresponding source code can be downloaded from
 [https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/).