Re: pi(x)

[Karim Belabas <Karim.Belabas@math.u-psud.fr>]

* Justin Walker [2005-02-22 20:28]:
> On Feb 22, 2005, at 11:08, Karim Belabas wrote:
>>* Justin Walker [2005-02-22 19:43]:
>>To be even more pedantic, a single version of pari/gp may be referred
>>to as
>>2.2.8, which is
>>
>>
>>ftp://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/unstable/pari
>>-2.2.8.alpha.tar.gz
>>
>>(aka CVS tag release-2-2-8). This one _does_ have primepi().
>>Its header shows
>>                  GP/PARI CALCULATOR Version 2.2.8 (alpha)
>>            i686 running linux (ix86 kernel) 32-bit version
>>
>>All gp's whose header show 'development CHANGES' information are
>>pre-releases posted for comments; the version number shown is only the
>>target of that particular development cycle.
>
> Thanks for clarifying that.  So the version number in "development
> CHANGES-" labeled versions is really "the next version", not the
> current (tagged-in-CVS-as) version, correct?

Quite correct.

>>I made a pre-release of a Windows binary which did not contain all the
>>things that eventually made it into 2.2.8, which you might be
>>referring to.
>
> Windows?  I think not! :-}

Sorry, no offense meant :-).

Cheers,

    Karim.
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