[Gretl-devel] Assorted news

Folks, after releasing 1.7.0 a few problems have emerged. Here's my proposal on how to deal with them: 1) There's a horrendous bug in garch that leads to bogus results if p!=q; it affects 1.7.0, while earlier versions are ok. It's my fault that this had gone unnoticed so far (thanks to Lee Adkins for spotting the bug). A fix for this is already in CVS. 2) Diagnostics for models estimated via tsls leave a lot to be desired. A version of Godfrey's (1994) autocorrelation test is already in my own private tree; I'm waiting until Allin's back for his review. However, I'd also like to implement Pesaran & Taylor (OBES, 1999) heteroskedasticity test, which shouldn't take long. 3) Not urgent: I've written 2 functions for matrix import/export. Those are sitting in my private tree right now and I'll submit the to Allin's attention when he's back. 4) There are a few bugs in the sourceforge tracking system that need to be addressed; none of them is lethal, but still it'd be nice to have them fixed asap. Since 1) is a potentially disruptive bug, I'd like to propose a bugfix release as soon as possible, fixing 4) as far as possible. Opinions? Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti Dipartimento di Economia Università Politecnica delle Marche r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti