Re: pspp-1.6.0 released [stable]

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I can only support what John said. Thank you.

The windows version is not ready, if I understand well.

Any ideas how to use the 1.6 version in windows ?

Regards,

ftr

On 01/06/2022 15:40, jhwhite@techwriteinc.com wrote:
> Congratulations, Ben and team -- you should be proud of your hard work.
>
> Take care,
> John
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pspp-users <pspp-users-bounces+jhwhite=techwriteinc.com@gnu.org> On
> Behalf Of Ben Pfaff
> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 1:46 AM
> To: info-gnu@gnu.org; pspp-dev@gnu.org; pspp-users@gnu.org;
> pspp-announce@gnu.org
> Subject: pspp-1.6.0 released [stable]
>
> I'm very pleased to announce the release of a new version of GNU PSPP.
> PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data.  It is a free
> replacement for the proprietary program SPSS.
>
> Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature[*]:
>    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/pspp-1.6.0.tar.gz
>    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/pspp-1.6.0.tar.gz.sig
>
> Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
>    http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
>
> [*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the .sig
> suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig file and the
> corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:
>
>    gpg --verify pspp-1.6.0.tar.gz.sig
>
> If that command fails because you don't have the required public key, then
> run this command to import it:
>
>    gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 85199DE8C6648E90
>
> and rerun the 'gpg --verify' command.
>
> Changes from 1.4.1 to 1.6.0:
>
>   * In the Kruskal-Wallis test, a misleading result could occur
>     if the lower bound specified by the user was in fact higher
>     than the upper bound specified.  This has been fixed.
>
>   * The DEFINE, MATRIX, MCONVERT, and MATRIX DATA commands are now
>     implemented.
>
>   * An error in the displayed signficance of oneway anova
>     contrasts tests has been corrected.
>
>   * Added Drag-N-Drop in output view.
>
>   * The Explore GUI dialog supports the "Plots" subdialog. Boxplots, Q-Q
> Plots
>     and Spreadlevel plots are now also available via the GUI.
>
>   * The graphical user interface for importing spreadsheets has been
> improved.
>     The new interface provides the user with a preview of the data to be
> imported
>     and interactive methods to select the desired ranges.
>
>   * The user manual, in its Info and HTML versions, now includes
>     graphical output examples and screenshots.
>
>   * New command SHOW SYSTEM to easily print system information useful
>     in bug reports.
>
>   * Build changes:
>
>     - Perl is no longer required to build.
>
>     - Build now requires Python 3.4 or later.  (Building PSPP 1.4.0
>       also required Python, but it wasn't properly documented at the
>       time.)
>
>     - The Cairo and Pango libraries are now required.
>
>     - gettext 0.20 or later is now required.
>
>     - gtksourceview 4.x is now supported (3.x also remains supported).
>
>   * Output improvements:
>
>     - New drivers for output to TeX source files and to PNG files.
>
>     - Table output styles may now be set with the new option
>       --table-look and the new SET TLOOK command.
>
>     - New driver option "trim" to remove empty space from PDF,
>       PostScript, SVG, and PNG output files.
>
>     - The PDF output driver now adds an outline to allow PDF viewers to
> display
>       as a "table of contents" for the file.
>
>     - The HTML output driver has a new option "bare".
>
>   * New features in pspp-output:
>
>     - New --table-look and --nth-commands options.
>
>     - New get-table-look and convert-table-look commands.