GetData 0.8.0 has been released. It may be downloaded from your local SourceForge mirror:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/getdata/files/getdata/0.8.0/
GetData introduces Dirfile Standards Version 9. This new Standards Version adds the MPLEX and WINDOW field types, and field name aliases, the ability to modify field names provided in an /INCLUDE, and support for the zzip compression of data.
Additionally, GetData 0.8.0 introduces the ability to do automatic sequential reads or writes, write support for gzip compressed Dirfiles, and various other improvements and bug fixes. This release also adds Perl to the list of supported bindings.
Full release notes are provided at the bottom of the release page indicated above.
Cheers,
-dvw