Re: pspp-1.6.0 released [stable]

[Ben Pfaff]

Friedrich, is there a recommended link for 1.6 to substitute for the
one for 1.5.3 that currently appears at
https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html?

On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 1:27 PM ft gmail <public.ftr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Go to the page Ben mentioned which lists 1.6.
>
> - ftr
>
> On 01/06/2022 22:41, someone wrote:
>
> Also, adding my thanks very much to those developing, maintaining this.
>
> On the gnu page
> https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html
>
> It says
> You can install pspp on Windows 64 Bit via the pspp-1.5.3-g797d4c.exe 
> installer.
>
> So it that was 1.6 version it would say something like PSPP-1.6.something 
> installer?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gene
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
> To: ft gmail <public.ftr@gmail.com>
> Cc: pspp-users <pspp-users@gnu.org>
> Sent: Wed, Jun 1, 2022 12:11 pm
> Subject: Re: pspp-1.6.0 released [stable]
>
> 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>