Octave News Archive
- October 19, 2010
- A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is
available for ftp (3.3.53). You should only be using this version if you are
interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the
occasional bug.
- August 1, 2010
- A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is
available for ftp (3.3.52). You should only be using this version if you are
interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the
occasional bug.
- March 24, 2010
- A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is
available for ftp (3.3.51). You should only be using this version if you are
interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the
occasional bug.
- March 24, 2010
- We are now using the a bug tracker
to manage bug reports instead of the bug@octave.org mailing
list. For now, the list will continue to function, but you are
strongly encouraged to use the tracker instead.
- January 28, 2010
- Version 3.2.4 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.2.4 is a bug-fixing release
NEWS file for a list of
user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series.
- September 21, 2009
- Version 3.2.3 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.2.3 is a bug-fixing release
NEWS file for a list of
user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series.
- September 12, 2009
- A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is
available for ftp (3.3.50). You should only be using this version if you are
interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the
occasional bug.
- July 22, 2009
- Version 3.2.2 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.2.2 is a bug-fixing release
NEWS file for a list of
user-visible changes in the 3.2.x series.
- June 6, 2009
- Version 3.2.0 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.2.0 is a major new release. See the
NEWS file for a list of
user-visible changes.
- April 8, 2009
- Version 3.0.5 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.0.5 fixes a serious file reading bug that was discovered just
after the 3.0.4 release.
- April 2, 2009
- Version 3.0.4 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.0.4 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the
release of version 3.0.3 have been fixed.
Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave
2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and
built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file.
- March 26, 2009
- A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is
available for ftp (3.1.55). You should only be using this version if you are
interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the
occasional bug.
- March 7, 2009
- A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is
available for ftp (3.1.54). You should only be using this version if you are
interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the
occasional bug.
- February 9, 2009
- A new snapshot of the current development version of Octave is
available for ftp. You should only be using this version if you are
interested in testing the latest features and don't mind hitting the
occasional bug.
- October 10, 2008
- Version 3.0.3 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.0.3 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the
release of version 3.0.2 have been fixed.
Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave
2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and
built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file.
- August 14, 2008
- Version 3.0.2 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.0.2 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the
release of version 3.0.1 have been fixed.
Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave
2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and
built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file.
- April 21, 2008
- Version 3.0.1 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Octave 3.0.1 is a bug-fixing release. Most bugs reported since the
release of version 3.0.0 have been fixed.
Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave
2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and
built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file.
- December 21, 2007
- Version 3.0.0 has been released and is now available for ftp.
Please note that Octave 3.0 is significantly different from Octave
2.1.x, particularly with regard to graphics, path handling, and
built-in variables. Please read the NEWS file.
- December 11, 2007
- Version 2.9.19 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- December 5, 2007
- Version 2.9.18 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 2.9.18 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- November 10, 2007
- Version 2.9.17 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 2.9.17 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- October 31, 2007
- Version 2.9.16 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 2.9.16 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- October 13, 2007
- Version 2.9.15 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 2.9.15 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- September 17, 2007
- Version 2.9.14 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 2.9.14 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- July 25, 2007
- Version 2.9.13 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 2.9.13 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- May 23, 2007
- Version 2.9.12 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 2.9.12 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- May 22, 2007
- Version 2.9.11 is now available for ftp and is the new
"testing" (also "recommended") version. As noted on the download
page, 2.9.11 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.
[Mailing List Thread]
- March 27, 2007
- Version 2.9.10 is now available for ftp.
[Mailing List Thread]
- March 1, 2007
- Thanks to Bob Weigel and Nabble, it is now possible to
search the
contents of the Octave mailing lists all the way back to the beginning
of time (around 1992).
- December 7, 2006
- A new graphics branch of the code is now in the works to keep all
graphics data in Octave to improve compatibility with Matlab and
facilitate newer graphics back-ends.
[Mailing List Thread]
- October 2, 2006
- Version 2.9.9 is now available for ftp.
[Mailing List Thread]
- August 24, 2006
- Version 2.9.8 is now available for ftp.
[Mailing List Thread]
- July 28, 2006
- Version 2.9.7 is now available for ftp.
[Mailing List Thread]
- July 27, 2006
- Fairly complete support for Matlab's MEX interface has been
added to the Octave CVS archive and will be part of the 2.9.7
shapshot. Please see
[Mailing List Thread]
for more details.
- June 29, 2006
- Please see this
[Mailing List Thread]
if you are having trouble compiling Octave 2.9.6 with GCC 3.x.
After applying the patch, you'll need to run autogen.sh and configure
again. This means you'll need to have a recent version of
autoconf installed. Or, you can upgrade to GCC 4.x or you can wait for
2.9.7. So many options!
- June 9, 2006
- Version 2.9.6 is now available for ftp.
[Mailing List Thread]
- May 26, 2006
- Function file cacheing has been improved with hopefully major
speedups when calling m-file functions.
[Mailing List Thread]
- May 21, 2006
- Octave-forge is being cleaned up by moving core functions into
the main Octave distribution.
[Mailing List Thread]
- May 11, 2006
- Path manipulation was significantly cleaned up. Now instead of
manipulating the
LOADPATH
variable, you can use the
addpath
, rmpath
, and path
functions.
[Mailing List Thread]
- May 3, 2006
- To enable XML reading, mat2cell was developed along
with significantly more efficient versions of regexp and regexprep.
[Mailing List Thread]
- May 2, 2006
- All warn_* built-in variables were removed and replaced by warning
identifiers that may be used with the warning function. For example,
warn_divide_by_zero = false;
would now be
warning ("off", "Octave:divide-by-zero");
.
[Mailing List Thread]
- March 23, 2006
- Versions 2.1.73 and 2.9.5 are now available for ftp.
- November 11, 2005
- Versions 2.1.72 and 2.9.4 are now available for ftp.
- May 18, 2005
- Version 2.9.3 is now available for ftp.
- May 5, 2005
- Version 2.1.70 is now available for ftp.
- April 22, 2005
- Version 2.9.2 is now available for ftp.
- March 29, 2005
- Version 2.1.69 is now available for ftp.
- March 27, 2005
- Version 2.1.68 is now available for ftp.
Version 2.9.1 is now available for ftp.
- March 15, 2005
- Version 2.9.0 is now available for ftp. This snapshot is the first
in the series leading to Octave 3.0.
- March 4, 2005
- Version 2.1.67 is now available for ftp.
- February 24, 2005
- Version 2.1.66 is now available for ftp.
- February 18, 2005
- Version 2.1.65 is now available for ftp.
- December 3, 2004
- Version 2.1.64 is now available for ftp.
- November 17, 2004
- Version 2.1.63 is now available for ftp. The CVS archive has been
split to allow work to proceed toward Octave 3.0 while also
stabilizing a 2.1.x version.