Re: Ubuntu 13.10 update?

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 06:09:49PM -0800, John W. Nicholson wrote:
> I currently have Ubuntu 13.10, and with  \v
> 
>                   GP/PARI CALCULATOR Version 2.5.5 (released)
>           amd64 running linux (x86-64/GMP-5.1.2 kernel) 64-bit version
>        compiled: Sep 30 2013, gcc-4.8.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-10ubuntu4) 
>                  (readline v6.2 enabled, extended help enabled)
>  

Good, this is the current stable version.
 
> I have problems with \p sticking with 38 digits 

What do you mean ?

> and I understand that forprime has been changed as to not depend on primelimit.

Not in the stable release yet.

> When to expect update? Or can someone walk me through everything to have a upgrade?

We should release PARI 2.7.0 really soon now, at least according to the PARI
timeline: <http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/timeline.html>

Cheers,
Bill.