Mercurial > web-octave
changeset 265:d31a576802be
Octave 6.4.0 release 2021-10-30
| author | Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:38:51 +0900 |
| parents | 0c8946d31bc9 |
| children | 78e935fb1eec |
| files | _posts/2021-10-30-octave-6.4.0-released.markdown pages/community-news.html pages/menu/download.md |
| diffstat | 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/_posts/2021-10-30-octave-6.4.0-released.markdown Wed Nov 03 14:38:51 2021 +0900 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "GNU Octave 6.4.0 Released" +date: 2021-10-30 +categories: news release +--- + +Octave Version 6.4.0 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 and fixes + +- Reduce memory usage in BISTs for `copyobj`, `hgsave` ([bug #57591](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57591)). +- `hgsave.m`, `copyobj.m`: Use `'qt'` graphics toolkit in BISTs. +- `main.cc`: Use `getopt` to parse command line arguments ([bug #60886](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60886)). +- `main.cc`: Remove invalid case ([bug #60886](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60886)). +- Disable `getopt` error reporting in wrapper program ([bug #60886](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60886)). +- `interp1.m`: Don't interpret later numeric input as `xi` ([bug #60967](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60967)). +- `pkg`: Improve similar package name suggestion ([bug #61067](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61067)). +- Store parent name in function object when caching parents in scope ([bug #61105](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61105)). +- Avoid internal error and segfault with `eval` and scripts ([bug #61191](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61191)). +- `rmpath`: Prevent removing the current directory from the load path ([bug #61216](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61216)). + +## GUI + +- Fix missing interpreter event in `octave-scintilla`. +- Fix opening a file in a custom editor ([bug #60990](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60990)). + +## Documentation + +- Improve docstring for `disable_diagonal_matrix`, `disable_diagonal_matrix`, + and `disable_range` ([patch #10089](https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?10089)). +- `cbrt`: Clarify that function errors for non-real input. +- `dsearchn.m`: Added optional distance output description ([bug #61156](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61156)). +- Add Hungarian translation for project description files. +- Document fsolve output "info" -2 ([bug #61310](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61310)). + +## Build system + +- Correct error message for incompatible CXSparse ([bug #61385](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61385)). + +[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 Oct 14 21:52:04 2021 +0900 +++ b/pages/community-news.html Wed Nov 03 14:38:51 2021 +0900 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ entries in the GUI: this-is-the-gnu-octave-community-news-page - community-news-page-serial=16 + community-news-page-serial=17 -->
--- a/pages/menu/download.md Thu Oct 14 21:52:04 2021 +0900 +++ b/pages/menu/download.md Wed Nov 03 14:38:51 2021 +0900 @@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ <div class="primary callout"> <i class="fas fa-info-circle" style="color:#1779ba;"></i> - <strong>GNU Octave 6.3.0</strong> is the latest stable release. + <strong>GNU Octave 6.4.0</strong> is the latest stable release. (Release Notes: <a href="{{ "/NEWS-6.1.html" | relative_url }}">6.1.0</a>, <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2021-02-20-octave-6.2.0-released %}">6.2.0</a>, - <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2021-07-11-octave-6.3.0-released %}">6.3.0</a>) + <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2021-07-11-octave-6.3.0-released %}">6.3.0</a>, + <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2021-10-30-octave-6.4.0-released %}">6.4.0</a>) </div> <div class="button-group large expanded stacked-for-small"> @@ -94,28 +95,28 @@ </div> - Windows-64 (recommended) - - [octave-6.3.0-w64-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64-installer.exe) + - [octave-6.4.0-w64-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64-installer.exe) (~ 325 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64-installer.exe.sig) - - [octave-6.3.0-w64.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64.7z) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64-installer.exe.sig) + - [octave-6.4.0-w64.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64.7z) (~ 319 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64.7z.sig) - - [octave-6.3.0-w64.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64.zip) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64.7z.sig) + - [octave-6.4.0-w64.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64.zip) (~ 568 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64.zip.sig) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64.zip.sig) <p></p> - Windows-32 (old computers) - - [octave-6.3.0-w32-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w32-installer.exe) + - [octave-6.4.0-w32-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w32-installer.exe) (~ 319 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w32-installer.exe.sig) - - [octave-6.3.0-w32.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w32.7z) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w32-installer.exe.sig) + - [octave-6.4.0-w32.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w32.7z) (~ 311 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w32.7z.sig) - - [octave-6.3.0-w32.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w32.zip) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w32.7z.sig) + - [octave-6.4.0-w32.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w32.zip) (~ 531 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w32.zip.sig) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w32.zip.sig) <p></p> @@ -128,15 +129,15 @@ version above. </small> - - [octave-6.3.0-w64-64-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64-64-installer.exe) + - [octave-6.4.0-w64-64-installer.exe](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64-64-installer.exe) (~ 326 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64-64-installer.exe.sig) - - [octave-6.3.0-w64-64.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64-64.7z) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64-64-installer.exe.sig) + - [octave-6.4.0-w64-64.7z](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64-64.7z) (~ 319 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64-64.7z.sig) - - [octave-6.3.0-w64-64.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64-64.zip) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64-64.7z.sig) + - [octave-6.4.0-w64-64.zip](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-w64-64.zip) (~ 568 MB) - [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.3.0-w64-64.zip.sig) + [[signature]](https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows/octave-6.4.0-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/).