IRAF V2.11.3 release; PC-IRAF release

Doug Tody wrote on Dec 07, 1999

IRAF V2.11.3 RELEASED
Tue Dec  7 12:24:13 MST 1999

An upgrade to IRAF V2.11.3 for all SunOS and Solaris platforms is now
available on iraf.noao.edu in the /iraf/v211/SSOL directory.  Both the
full distribution and patches for older V2.11.1 and V2.11.2 systems are
available.  See the README file in the distribution directory for details.

    ftp://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/v211/SSOL/README

Updates for the remaining Unix workstation platforms (HP/UX, SGI IRIX,
Compaq / Digital Unix, IBM AIX, OpenVMS) have in most cases already been
built, and will be released in a few days following testing.

The new release contains many new features and bug fixes, and has been
tested for Y2K compliance.  Any old IRAF installations will need to be
updated to the new release to fix Y2K-related IRAF bugs and add support
for the revised FITS DATE-OBS Y2K-compliant date and time keyword.


MAJOR NEW PC-IRAF RELEASE
Tue Dec  7 12:24:13 MST 1999

A major new release of PC-IRAF is now available for all supported PC-IRAF
platforms.  This includes FreeBSD, Slackware Linux, RedHat Linux, SuSE
Linux (new port; mostly used in Europe), and Solaris x86 (new release).
Linux on the Macintosh is not yet supported, although it is next up on
our platform support queue.

The PC-IRAF release is available from iraf.noao.edu in the /iraf/v211/PCIX
directory.  Both the full distribution and patches for older V2.11.1
systems are available.  See the README file in the distribution directory
for details.

    ftp://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/v211/PCIX/README

The new PC-IRAF release is IRAF V2.11.3, identical to the V2.11.3 release
for the Unix workstations.


Additional detail on these releases and other IRAF developments is available
via the IRAF web pages at http://iraf.noao.edu.

See the URL http://iraf.noao.edu/v2112revs.html for a detailed description
of what is included in the fall 1999 V2.11.2 and V2.11.3 patches.  Most
of the new features were introduced in V2.11.2.  V2.11.3 mostly consists
of additional bug fixes, minor changes related to the PC-IRAF upgrades,
and a few isolated minor application enhancements.  The system notes file
(iraf/local/notes.v211) documents these revisions in detail for the core
system.

Any problems that come up after the release will be either noted in the
distribution README files or posted to one of the IRAF mailing lists
(adass.iraf.system, adass.iraf.applications, adass.iraf.buglog, etc.).
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Last post on Dec 07, 1999