[scilab-Users] Release of Scilab 5.4.0 beta 2

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Hello,

Please report a bug on this.

Sylvestre
Le 02/08/2012 11:43, jasper van baten a écrit :
> Dear Scilab Authors,
>
> The installer removes the registry keys in
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Scilab
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scilab
>
> for previous installed versions, which breaks compatibility of
> applications that depend on those keys. Can this be fixed?
>
> While at the subject of registry entries, the value
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Scilab\LASTINSTALL
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scilab\LASTINSTALL
>
> is written by an installation, and removed by an uninstallation,
> leaving no convenient way for applications that want to use scilab to
> find the latest installed version. For example, install 5.3.3, install
> 5.4 beta, uninstall 5.4 beta and the LASTINSTALL key is not present.
> Any suggestion on how to check for the scilab installation with the
> highest version number, short of searching the file system?
>
> Many thanks, best wishes,
>
> Jasper.
>
>
> On 8/2/2012 11:01, Communication wrote:
>> Dear Scilab Users,
>>
>> Scilab Enterprises is glad to announce the release of Scilab 5.4.0
>> beta 2 which includes new eigs function to calculate eigenvalues and
>> eigenvectors of matrices and improvements in Scilab documentation.
>>
>> Scilab 5.4.0 beta 2 is a test version provided to the community and
>> available for download on our website at:
>> http://www.scilab.org/products/scilab/download/5.4.0-beta-2
>>
>> If you find a bug, please report it to Scilab bug tracking system
>> (http://bugzilla.scilab.org/).
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>>
>


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