Re: pspp-1.6.0 released [stable]

[Ben Pfaff]

I expect a build of 1.6.0 to be available at
https://caeis.etech.fh-augsburg.de/downloads/windows/pspp-win-daily
within a day.


On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 8:53 AM ft gmail <public.ftr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> > ___________________________
> >
> >
> >
> > Email: jhwhite@techwriteinc.com
> >
> > -----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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>