Re: [Gretl-users] handling of session models unstable
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Sven Schreiber wrote:
With the snapshot dated 7/7 Artur says his problems are gone.
However, I just saw that there's an even newer snapshot already
in place and in cvs the log entry says "more session fixes".
Should yesterday's snapshot be avoided or what's behind this?
Yesterday's snapshot should be mostly OK, but today's should be
better. I think we've figured out what's behind the session-file
problems and have fixed most of the issues for newly-created
sessions. But we're also trying to ensure that buggy session
files can be salvaged to the greatest possible extent.
I should note that if anyone has "precious" session files that
can't be opened, repair is possible. Gretl session files are just
zipped collections of XML files, so one can unzip them, repair the
XML with a text editor, re-zip them, and then open them OK. Not
very convenient, of course, but possible if the content can't be
easily reconstructed. Details available on request.
One outstanding issue is when a session file includes a data file
that has an accented character in its name. This is very tricky
to handle in a portable, cross-platform manner. I'm working on
it.
I would like to suggest releasing 1.7.6 just for fixing this
bug...
Yes, I agree.
Allin.