[GAP Forum] GAP 4.6.5 release announcement

[Sandeep Murthy]

Hi,

I currently have 4.6.4, but want to upgrade to 4.6.5.  Will there be an 
update soon to the BOB tool for 4.6.5?

Sandeep.



Alexander Konovalov wrote:
> Dear GAP Forum,
>
> This is to announce the release of GAP 4.6.5.
>
> You can download GAP 4.6.5 from
>
> 	http://www.gap-system.org/Releases/
>
> The alternative GAP distributions listed at
>
> 	http://www.gap-system.org/Download/#alternatives
>
> will be updated in due course.
>
> The overview of changes in GAP 4.6.5 is given below.
>
> Improved functionality:
>
> * TraceMethods and UntraceMethods now better check their arguments
>   and provide a sensible error message if being called without
>   arguments. Also, both variants of calling them are now documented.
>
> * Library methods for Sortex are now replaced by faster ones using
>   the kernel SortParallel functionality instead of making expensive
>   zipped lists.
>
> Fixed bugs which could lead to incorrect results:
>
> * IntHexString wrongly produced a large integer when there were too
>   many leading zeros. [Reported by Joe Bohanon]
>
> Fixed bugs that could lead to break loops:
>
> * A bug that may occur in some cases while calling
>   TransitiveIdentification. [Reported by Izumi Miyamoto]
>
> * The new code for semidirect products of permutation groups,
>   introduced in GAP 4.6, had a bug which was causing problems for
>   Projection. [Reported by Graham Ellis]
>
> In addition to the improved functionality and fixed bugs in the
> core GAP system, the following packages have been updated since
> the previous GAP 4.6.4 release: AutoDoc, CRISP, EDIM, Float,
> HAP, hecke, IRREDSOL, Modules, NumericalSgps and Smallsemi.
>
> We encourage all users to upgrade to GAP 4.6.5. If you need any
> help or would like to report any problems, please do not hesitate
> to contact us at support at gap-system.org.
>
> Please note that we regularly update the GAP distribution to include
> new versions of GAP packages, but we may not announce each of them
> to the Forum. We intend to use the Forum to announce updates of the
> core GAP system and only of some packages which may fix serious
> issues or have major influence on GAP.
>
>
> Wishing you fun and success using GAP,
> The GAP Group
>
>
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