Octave 2.9.19 available for ftp

[John W. Eaton]

Octave 2.9.19 is now available for ftp from ftp.octave.org in the
directory /pub/octave/bleeding-edge:

  e6f7edac58884552a6fd19f753d1f751  octave-2.9.18-2.9.19.patch.bz2
  db5e228293b335d4f4ddbc129966bf77  octave-2.9.18-2.9.19.patch.gz
  6a1b30a329b13209266ba4f7faefc4af  octave-2.9.19.tar.bz2
  32cb8153463ebc6ab27bee8b4e538b1a  octave-2.9.19.tar.gz

  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012  9807420 Dec 12 03:51 octave-2.9.19.tar.bz2
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012  1709596 Dec 12 03:51 octave-2.9.18-2.9.19.patch.bz2
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012  2887171 Dec 12 03:51 octave-2.9.18-2.9.19.patch.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 506 1012 11209369 Dec 12 03:51 octave-2.9.19.tar.gz

The snapshot is tagged in the usual way (ss-2-9-19) in the CVS archive
and will be marked as the "testing" (AKA "recommended") version of
Octave on the download page of the Octave web site.

The following note also appears on the front, news, and download
pages of the Octave web site:

  PLEASE NOTE: Octave 2.9.19 is a pre-release version of Octave 3.0.
  It is significantly different from Octave 2.1.x, particularly with
  regard to graphics, path handling, and built-in variables.  Please
  read the NEWS file.

jwe