[GAP Forum] GAP 4.7.9 release announcement

[Alexander Konovalov]

Dear all,

This is to announce the release of GAP 4.7.9, which 
could be downloaded from

	http://www.gap-system.org/Releases/

The main purpose of this release is to deliver updates 
of 28 GAP packages, listed in the following table.

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Package name               | Version     | Date       
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4ti2Interface              | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
AutoDoc                    | 2015.09.30  | 30/09/2015
CRISP                      | 1.3.9       | 10/10/2015
ExamplesForHomalg          | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
FGA                        | 1.3.0       | 25/08/2015
Forms                      | 1.2.3       | 26/10/2015
Gauss                      | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
GaussForHomalg             | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
GradedModules              | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
GradedRingForHomalg        | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
HAP                        | 1.11.12     | 11/11/2015
homalg                     | 2015.11.05  | 05/11/2015
HomalgToCAS                | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
IO_ForHomalg               | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
LocalizeRingForHomalg      | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
loops                      | 3.1.0       | 28/10/2015
MatricesForHomalg          | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
Modules                    | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
PatternClass               | 2.1         | 27/08/2015
permut                     | 1.03        | 30/07/2015
QPA                        | 1.23        | 05/11/2015
RingsForHomalg             | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
SCO                        | 2015.11.06  | 06/11/2015
simpcomp                   | 2.1.1       | 04/06/2015
SONATA                     | 2.8         | 29/07/2015
ToolsForHomalg             | 2015.11.23  | 23/11/2015
Wedderga                   | 4.7.3       | 18/09/2015
XMod                       | 2.44        | 13/11/2015
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GAP 4.7.9 also fixes an error in DataAboutSimpleGroup, 
causing wrong result in the calculation of the automorphism 
group of J_2 (reported by Fatemeh Koorepazan-Moftakhar).

Furthermore, GModuleByMats and some related functions now 
work for infinite fields, in particular in characteristic 0. 
However, this only applies for functions that do not need 
the MeatAxe, as that is still tied to finite fields.

We encourage all users to upgrade to GAP 4.7.9. If you need 
any help or would like to report any problems, please do not 
hesitate to contact us at support at gap-system.org or submit 
new issues on GitHub: 

	https://github.com/gap-system/gap/issues


Wishing you fun and success using GAP,

The GAP Group