7:27 a.m.
Dear users,
a while ago the data retrieval contributed function package
'yahoo_get.gfn' had to be removed because of some interface changes at
Yahoo. Now yahoo_get is back with version 2.0, on the package server as
usual. Thanks to the author Jack Lucchetti.
The caveat: The new version only works under the upcoming gretl version
2018b. If you cannot wait to use yahoo_get, you would have to install a
current development version (compile from git or use a snapshot - doing
that also means that you add to the testing of the current status quo,
which is helpful as well).
You also need to install the helper package 'extra.gfn', as mentioned in
the yahoo_get help.
Enjoy,
Sven
1:02 p.m.
Am 25.05.2018 um 09:27 schrieb Sven Schreiber:
Dear users,
a while ago the data retrieval contributed function package
'yahoo_get.gfn' had to be removed because of some interface changes at
Yahoo. Now yahoo_get is back with version 2.0, on the package server
as usual. Thanks to the author Jack Lucchetti.
The caveat: The new version only works under the upcoming gretl
version 2018b. If you cannot wait to use yahoo_get, you would have to
install a current development version (compile from git or use a
snapshot - doing that also means that you add to the testing of the
current status quo, which is helpful as well).
You also need to install the helper package 'extra.gfn', as mentioned
in the yahoo_get help.
Hi,
thanks for the update, Jack, and for the announcement, Sven!
As it seems that the "extra" package tends to become a requirement for
some new packages or updates and definitely includes some helpful
"helper" functions, why not adding it as a native package which is
shipped with the basic gretl installation?
Best,
Artur
1:20 p.m.
Am 28.05.2018 um 15:02 schrieb Artur T.:
As it seems that the "extra" package tends to become a requirement for
some new packages or updates and definitely includes some helpful
"helper" functions, why not adding it as a native package which is
shipped with the basic gretl installation?
Not 100% sure, but I think it already is shipped automatically. It's not
an official "addon" like 'gig' and so on, but like 'criteria' it
seems
to be included always.
cheers,
sven
1:58 p.m.
On Mon, 28 May 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 28.05.2018 um 15:02 schrieb Artur T.:
>
> As it seems that the "extra" package tends to become a requirement for some
> new packages or updates and definitely includes some helpful "helper"
> functions, why not adding it as a native package which is shipped with the
> basic gretl installation?
Not 100% sure, but I think it already is shipped automatically. It's not an
official "addon" like 'gig' and so on, but like 'criteria' it
seems to be
included always.
Actually, no, it's not packaged with gretl at present. But it could
be. In that case I think it should be entered into git along with
gig et al.
Allin
2:05 p.m.
Am 28.05.2018 um 15:58 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
On Mon, 28 May 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> Am 28.05.2018 um 15:02 schrieb Artur T.:
>>
>> As it seems that the "extra" package tends to become a requirement
>> for some new packages or updates and definitely includes some
>> helpful "helper" functions, why not adding it as a native package
>> which is shipped with the basic gretl installation?
>
> Not 100% sure, but I think it already is shipped automatically. It's
> not an official "addon" like 'gig' and so on, but like
'criteria' it
> seems to be included always.
Actually, no, it's not packaged with gretl at present. But it could
be. In that case I think it should be entered into git along with gig
et al.
BTW, if we were to make this more official then there's the
moving-target problem. I forget if there's currently a way to query
within a package what the version of an included package is?
thanks,
sven
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