[Gretl-users] Re: cmatrix package ( was Re: gretl 2019d released)

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote: > Am 28.12.2019 um 19:41 schrieb Sven Schreiber: >> a note to the users of the "cmatrix" function package combined with the >> new 2019d (probably not so many, but still). >> >> As Allin announced earlier, cmatrix is not needed anymore if you run the >> latest gretl version, the functionality of complex-valued matrices is >> now natively in gretl. In principle it is recommended to delete the >> obsolete package files manually. However, if you are a user of the >> "ghosts" package that does multivariate spectral analysis, then you >> should wait for the imminent update of ghosts before deleting cmatrix. >> >> Nevertheless the cmatrix package will still be available on the server >> for some time for users who do not want to or cannot upgrade to gretl >> 2019d. >> > Any users of the cmatrix package out there with a pre-2019d gretl > version? > > Now that gretl 2020d is out I'm wondering whether we can retire the > package. I guess the default plan would be to remove it in a few months > at the latest, roughly one year after the release of 2019d. I think it's safe to retire it.