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IRAF Update (1Sep92)
(from CCS, NOAO Newsletter No. 31, 1 September 1992)

Distribution of IRAF version 2.10 began in late April with the release
of V2.10 Sun/IRAF. The Sun/IRAF distribution was updated to IRAF
V2.10.0 in early July, adding the completed V2.10 revisions summary and
updated installation and site manager's guides, and correcting bugs
found during the first two months of the release. Those sites that
installed IRAF V2.10 prior to July 8 can upgrade their systems by
installing the patch0 and patch1 updates available in the IRAF network
archive.

An additional series of patch upgrades (V2.10.1, V2.10.2, etc.) will
follow throughout the next year or so containing bug fixes and minor
enhancements for the V2.10 IRAF core system and NOAO packages. The
first of these patches, patch1, was released on 24 July. Patch1
upgrades IRAF to V2.10.1 and requires that the system first be updated
to V2.10.0. The most recent patch level can be determined by
examination of the IRAF network archive, or by contacting the IRAF
group.  Consult the README files given in the archive for further
information on these patches.

Releases or upgrades of IRAF V2.10 for the IBM RS/6000, Macintosh
systems running A/UX, DEC Ultrix, VAX Ultrix, VAX/VMS, SGI, HP, and so
on will follow throughout the coming months. Several of these ports or
upgrades have already been completed, but testing is still in
progress.

Detailed release notes for IRAF V2.10, the IRAF Version 2.10 Revisions
Summary, are available in the IRAF network archive; printed copies are
available upon request. The network archive can be accessed via
anonymous ftp to the Internet node iraf.noao.edu (140.252.1.1).

The major IRAF system development priorities for the near future are
the remaining V2.10 updates for supported IRAF platforms, the
establishment of an IRAF news network (will be tied into USENET),
continued work on X11 support and the general areas of graphics and
imaging, window system support and user interfaces, and further
development of the ICE software for integrating IRAF with data
acquisition. The issue of window user interfaces in particular has
received and will continue to receive a lot of attention.

Lindsey Davis is currently working on incorporating Peter Stetson's
DAOPHOT II algorithms into IRAF DAOPHOT, and these additions should
become available either as a patch or as an add-on package to IRAF
V2.10 later this year. Frank Valdes has been working on a new task
called SPECFOCUS, a tool to assist with spectrograph focusing and
alignment adjustments.

For further information about the IRAF project, please contact
Jeannette Barnes, Central Computer Services.

Doug Tody

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