[Gretl-devel] Re: new euro area AWM data

I just had an email exchange with one of the authors, and we have their blessing in publishing the dataset with the empty series removed (they're working to fill them up with new data, so they won't be dropped in future releases). I just created a subdir called dataset/AWMD into our private SF workspace repo with all the necessary files to automate the creation of the gdt file as much as possible. I propose to add this dataset to our collection of sample datasets, possibly moving older versions out of the way. The original authors have agreed to send us new versions of the dataset when they release them. We then convert it to the gretl format and schedule it for inclusion in the next release. Of course, this will mean that each new gretl version will contain the latest version of the AWMD available at release time. I believe this shouldn't be a problem, we already do this with the St. Louis FED database. In the meantime, we send the authors a copy in gdt format so they can make it available on their website. Is this ok for everyone?