Everyone,
Here is what I would like to see done for the second beta release of
5.9.1:
1) Updates to windows-related items. (Done!)
2) Fix for CMUCL bug reported by Vadim V. Zhytnikov.
-This can't be too difficult. I should probably be the one to do
it.
3) Resolve the problem seen with invert() under GCL 2.6.2.
4) Add documentation for new plotting routines.
-I was somehow convinced that I had already done this, but
obviously I have not. Most of the necessary information is on the demo
web page I created.
5) Apply the compilation-warning-reducing patches from Andreas Eder.
Andreas has sent me a set of changes that dramatically reduce the number
of compiler warnings in a maxima compile. I think this is very important
work. We should be very grateful for it. Since it is a large patch,
however, I would like to see at least one pair of eyeballs go over it
before it goes in. I would also like to see testing on gcl, cmucl and
clisp. If you would like to volunteer to look at the changes, please
contact me and I will send you the changes. (It's a ~400k tarball.)
I had hoped to get the beta 2 release out by now, but I've been ill
since I returned from my last trip. Outside help would definitely speed
things along.
--Jim