[OctDev] release notes

[Paul K. <pki...@us...>]

I have a first cut at the June '04 release notes.  Please update the
RELEASE-NOTES file as appropriate.  Bug fixes may continue
while I update INDEX files, etc.  I'm not interested in backporting
support to older octave --- if you don't want to upgrade (or don't
want to force your customers/users/students to upgrade), please
post the necessary patches to build on older systems.

Here's what I gleaned from the ChangeLog:


* Extends support to Octave 2.1.57.

* The optimization functions have been replaced but the new interface
   is not yet settled.  See the files in the optim directory.

* New package gsl: GNU Scientific library bindings.

* New package fixed: Fixed point numeric operations.

* New functions: polyconf wsolve fullfact pcg princomp filtic
   rande azimuth deg2rad rad2deg distance zoom inputname fnval

* Bug fixes everywhere they are found.

Paul Kienzle
pki...@us...