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NEWS: Add note about ARPACK being removed from source. * NEWS: Add note about ARPACK being removed from source.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:05:18 -0800
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 3.6: 1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 3.6:
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4 ** The PCRE library is now required to build Octave. 4 ** The PCRE library is now required to build Octave.
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6 ** The ARPACK library is no longer distributed with Octave.
7 If you need the eigs() or svds() functions you must provide an external
8 ARPACK through a package manager or by compiling it yourself.
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6 ** Many of Octave's binary operators (.*, .^, +, -, ...) now perform 10 ** Many of Octave's binary operators (.*, .^, +, -, ...) now perform
7 automatic broadcasting for array operations that allows you to use 11 automatic broadcasting for array operations that allows you to use
8 operator notation instead of calling bsxfun or expanding arrays (and 12 operator notation instead of calling bsxfun or expanding arrays (and
9 unnecessarily wasting memory) with repmat or similar idioms. For 13 unnecessarily wasting memory) with repmat or similar idioms. For