Finally, some progress on the release front:
I have just uploaded a cvs snapshot to the sourceforge file release
system. The current code base is not yet release quality. However, we
are at a point where user feedback would be extremely useful.
Items of note:
1) There is now a maxima.bat file for use under Windows. It offers the
full functionality of Maxima from the command line.
2) Maxima can now be built without GNU Autotools. One benefit of this
is the ability to build on Windows without any unix-like tools. If you
are happy typing "./configure ; make ; make install", *there is no
reason to switch.* The non-autotools build will not build xmaxima.
3) GCL, Clisp and (I hope) Allegro Common Lisp should work under
Windows.
4) There are some new command-line options to maxima.
Known issues:
1) Clisp+Windows+xmaxima does not work.
2) Plotting won't work with a pure lisp install under Windows.
--Jim