From be848f4f7fa7d3ec9d2813dd99a964150f833f58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Villemot?= <sebastien@dynare.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:05:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Finalize release notes for 4.4.1. (cherry picked from commit
0bec3c755074567486e00fae469ebc769b1a835f)
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NEWS | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-Announcement for Dynare 4.4.1 (on 2014-01-15)
+Announcement for Dynare 4.4.1 (on 2014-01-17)
=============================================
We are pleased to announce the release of Dynare 4.4.1.
-This release adds a few minor features and fixes various bugs.
+This release contains a few changes to the user interface and fixes various
+bugs. It also adds compatibility with Octave 3.8.
The Windows packages are already available for download at:
@@ -16,14 +17,23 @@ All users are encouraged to upgrade.
This release is compatible with MATLAB versions 7.3 (R2006b) to 8.2 (R2013b) and
with GNU Octave versions 3.6 to 3.8.
-* New features in the user interface:
+* Changes to the user interface:
- The syntax introduced in 4.4.0 for conditional forecast in a deterministic
- setup was changed.
+ setup was removed, and replaced by a new one that is better suited to the
+ task. More precisely, such deterministc forecast are no longer done using
+ the `conditional_forecast' command. The latter is replaced by a group of
+ commands: `init_plan', `basic_plan' and `flip_plan'. See the reference
+ manual for more details.
+
+ - Changes to the reporting module: option `annualAverages' to `addTable' has
+ been removed (use option `tableDataRhs' to `addSeries' instead); option
+ `vlineAfter' to `addTable' now also accepts a cell array.
- - Remove option `annualAverages' to `addTable' (use option `tableDataRhs' to
- `addSeries' instead). Option `vlineAfter' to `addTable' now also accepts a
- cell array.
+ - Changes to the date and time series classes: implement broadcasting for
+ operations (+,-,* and /) between `dseries' class and scalar or vectors; add
+ the possibility of selecting an observation within a time series using a
+ formatted string containing a date.
* Bugs and problems identified in version 4.4.0 and that have been fixed in
version 4.4.1:
@@ -31,6 +41,9 @@ with GNU Octave versions 3.6 to 3.8.
- In MS-SBVAR, there was a bug preventing the computation of impulse responses
on a constant regime.
+ - Under Octave for Linux, after modifying the MOD file, the changes were not
+ taken into account at the first Dynare run, but only at the second run.
+
Announcement for Dynare 4.4.0 (on 2013-12-16)
=============================================
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