Octave 3.8.2-rc1 release candidate available for ftp

[John W. Eaton]

The first release candidate of Octave 3.8.2 is now available from
alpha.gnu.org in the directory /gnu/octave:

  510c8aabbf22541dd6aecd8868fa8651  octave-3.8.2-rc1.tar.gz  (md5sum)

  -rw-r--r-- 1 3003 3002 20724304 Jun 06 16:29 octave-3.8.2-rc1.tar.gz

Please help make the 3.8.2 release a success by building from this
release candidate and reporting any problems.

I'll be making this the default build for mxe-octave soon.

Bugs that have been fixed since the last release (info extracted from
the commit message summary lines):

  Fix incorrect sparse matrix example code in oct-file chapter
  (bug #41799)

  Fix binmap for sparse-scalar or scalar-sparse operations
  (bug #40813)

  Fix infinite loop and segfault for atan2, fmod, hypot
  (bug #40813)

  eigs: selection columns of V, not rows (bug #41795)

  Fix regression in hist with multiple columns and normalization
  (bug #42394)

  Fix regression in width of bars for hist() (bug #42401)

  Fix segfault with sparse inputs to complex() (bug #42290)

  don't crash on empty script files (bug #42064)

  Fix assert() segfaults with profiler (bug #39587, bug #39586)

  Fix blank line appearing in profiler output (bug #39524)

  isaxes.m: Fix bug where some inputs do not show up in outputs
  (bug #42362)

  Correctly follow legend interpreter property for gnuplot (bug
  #40064)

  Fix extra backslash escape for gnuplot when interpreter=none
  (bug #36744)

  Fix segfault if subsasgn in @class returns no output
  (bug #41945)

  __gnuplot_get_var__.m: Fix accidental use of gcf causing figure
  popus in waitbar (bug #41446)

  spy.m: Use nnz, not numel, to avoid overflowing octave_idx_type
  (bug #42116)

  Fix inverted colors when printing uint8/uint16 images
  (bug #42107)

  force integer font metric in gui terminal
  (partial fix of bug #37187)

  Correctly validate arguments to dot function (bug #42061)

  interp1.m: fix function for inputs w/multiple discontinuities
  (bug #41980)

  don't truncate when casting char to uintN values (bug #42054)

  libqterminal: Initialize m_cursorBlinking value (bug #41814)

  Set only 'axis tight' for image functions and Matlab
  compatibility (bug #42043, bug #41886)

  fminunc.m: Fix typo in header documentation (bug #42011)

  Fix segmentation fault for interp2 and pchip method (bug
  #41838)

  __makeinfo__: Process Texinfo docstrings without type
  conversion (bug #41965)

  provide better default for Mac keyboard layouts (bug #41337)

  listdlg.m: return Octave value rather than Java int object
  (bug #41931)

  textscan.m: Fix undefined whitespace error with empty format
  input (bug #41824)

  waitbar.m: Fix regression of plots openin in waitbar window
  (bug #41914)

  Fix dead assignment in oct-rand.cc do_float_scalar (bug #41827)

  info on experimental gui is displayed with vertical scroll bar
  (bug #41840)

  imagesc.m: Fix regression causing imagesc to display with 'axis
  equal' (bug #41886)

  r1mach.f: Fix cut and paste errors (bug #32120)

  Force non-native menu bar for the editor on mac (bug #41823)


jwe