Hello all (and apologies for the cross-posting)
Most of the time gretl CVS (and snapshots) are basically "latest
stable", but every now and then CVS gets a little wild as new stuff
comes in. Well, now is one of those times. So:
* DO NOT update to CVS as of 11 July 2011 if you just want the
latest marginal fixes to a "production" version of gretl.
* DO update to the new CVS if you're willing to help test some major
internal changes. These will make the libgretl API much easier for
third parties to use, and will also facilitate various possible
future developments of gretl itself. (I don't want to expand on that
right now, because I'm not promising anything.)
The internal changes are not (at this point) designed to have any
user-visible effects. We're just looking for any regressions (in the
literal sense of going backwards) from the status quo ante.
If you decide to test, thanks! But please be aware that I'm
currently working through a large set of regression tests looking
for "predictable" breakage. So, for now, please do not file bug
reports via SourceForge, and -- for a few days -- please
hold back on bug-report messages to the gretl lists (unless you find
something really urgent).
Allin Cottrell