On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 3:58 PM Sven Schreiber <sven.schrei...@fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > Am 08.05.2024 um 19:49 schrieb Cottrell, Allin: > > On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 11:32 AM Sven Schreiber > > <sven.schrei...@fu-berlin.de> wrote: > >> I'm puzzled by the fact that the sample script of the LocalProjection > >> package produces an error "invalid option --time-series". And indeed > >> that option is appended to a "plot" command, which is not supported as > >> per the doc. > >> > >> However, the package was moderated in August, and I'm assuming that the > >> sample script ran fine at that time. So, has something changed in gretl > >> since then? (Either 2024a, or 2023c, or post-2024a.) Or actually, I tend > >> to think that it still worked around March or so. > > Yes, it stopped working after March 29. > > > > I've checked all the gfns, and LocalProjection is the only one to > > append an option to the first line of a plot block. I can't find any > > that attach options to "end plot" other than the ones that are > > officially recognized for that context. I don't think that we should > > add a workaround for the usage in LocalProjection. > > Agreed, this needs to be fixed in the package. However, from the > timeline of the release of gretl 2024a on April 5th, it would mean that > the package should have failed already in the run-up to the release. My > question then is, why didn't we notice? I thought it's a standard part > of the testing parcours to check the sample scripts of all packages.
You're right. I'm afraid there was a testing failure in this case. All the gfns had been tested probably a day before the March 29 change, and at the time it didn't seem that anything "significant" had changed between then and the April 5 release. But that's a risky assumption, and not one I'll make in future. Obviously, it would be good if I were not the only person testing all the gfns' sample scripts in the run-up to a release. Allin _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list -- gretl-devel@gretlml.univpm.it To unsubscribe send an email to gretl-devel-le...@gretlml.univpm.it Website: https://gretlml.univpm.it/postorius/lists/gretl-devel.gretlml.univpm.it/