Release History

Reverse chronological list of Octave releases.

Release	Date
4.2.1	2017-02-22
4.2.0	2016-11-13
4.0.3	2016-07-01
4.0.2	2016-04-20
4.0.1	2016-03-21
4.0.0	2015-05-23
3.8.2	2014-08-07
3.8.1	2014-03-06
3.8.0	2013-12-27
3.6.4	2013-02-21
3.6.3	2012-09-04
3.6.2	2012-05-31
3.6.1	2012-02-22
3.6.0	2012-01-15
3.4.3	2011-10-10
3.4.2	2011-06-24
3.4.1	2011-06-15
3.4.0	2011-02-08
3.2.4	2010-01-22
3.2.3	2009-09-14
3.2.2	2009-07-21
3.2.0	2009-06-05
3.0.5	2009-04-07
3.0.4	2009-04-01
3.0.3	2008-09-29
3.0.2	2008-08-19
3.0.1	2008-04-23
3.0.0	2007-12-21

In the nearly eleven year period between 2.0 and 3.0.0, there were a few bug-fixing releases for the 2.0 series and many other versions that were not "officially" released.

Release	Date
2.9.19	2007-12-11
2.9.18	2007-12-05
2.9.17	2007-11-10
2.9.16	2007-10-31
2.9.15	2007-10-13
2.9.14	2007-09-17
2.9.13	2007-07-25
2.9.12	2007-05-23
2.9.11	2007-05-22
2.9.10	2007-03-27
2.9.9	2006-10-02
2.9.8	2006-08-24
2.9.7	2006-07-28
2.9.6	2006-06-09
2.9.5	2006-03-22
2.1.73	2006-03-20
2.1.72	2005-11-11
2.9.4	2005-11-11
2.1.71	2005-05-18
2.9.3	2005-05-18
2.1.70	2005-05-05
2.9.2	2005-04-22
2.1.69	2005-03-28
2.1.68	2005-03-27
2.9.1	2005-03-27
2.9.0	2005-03-15
2.1.67	2005-03-04
2.1.66	2005-02-24
2.1.65	2005-02-18
2.1.64	2004-12-03
2.1.63	2004-11-17
2.1.62	2004-11-12
2.1.61	2004-11-05
2.1.60	2004-09-24
2.1.59	2004-09-21
2.1.58	2004-09-02
2.1.57	2004-03-12
2.1.56	2004-03-05
2.1.55	2004-02-20
2.1.54	2004-02-16
2.1.53	2004-01-22
2.1.52	2003-11-25
2.1.51	2003-11-15
2.1.50	2003-06-27
2.1.49	2003-05-28
2.1.48	2003-05-06
2.1.47	2003-05-02
2.1.46	2003-03-03
2.1.45	2003-02-19
2.1.44	2003-02-03
2.1.43	2003-01-04
2.1.42	2003-01-02
2.1.41	2003-01-02
2.1.40	2002-11-20
2.1.39	2002-11-01
2.1.38	2002-10-29
2.1.37	2002-10-23
2.1.36	2002-05-01
2.1.35	2001-11-02
2.1.34	2001-04-19
2.1.33	2001-01-05
2.1.32	2000-12-09
2.1.31	2000-07-18
2.1.30	2000-03-31
2.1.29	2000-03-24
2.1.28	2000-02-08
2.1.27	2000-02-08
2.1.26	2000-02-08
2.1.25	2000-01-28
2.1.24	2000-01-12
2.1.23	1999-12-17
2.1.22	1999-12-14
2.1.21	1999-11-10
2.1.20	1999-11-03
2.1.19	1999-10-21
2.1.18	1999-10-20
2.1.17	1999-10-13
2.1.16	1999-10-13
2.1.15	1999-10-13
2.1.14	1999-03-30
2.1.13	1999-01-27
2.1.12	1998-12-10
2.1.11	1998-12-04
2.1.10	1998-11-06
2.1.9	1998-11-03
2.1.8	1998-10-29
2.1.7	1998-05-15
2.1.6	1998-05-04
2.1.5	1998-02-22
2.1.4	1998-02-05
2.1.3	1997-11-19
2.1.2	1997-07-11
2.1.1	1997-06-12
2.1.0	1997-06-05

Public releases that were officially announced as such.

Release	Date
2.0.5	1997-03-01
2.0.4	1997-02-20
2.0.3	1997-02-18
2.0.2	1997-01-27
2.0.1	1997-01-07
2.0	1996-12-10
1.1.1	1995-02-23
1.1.0	1995-01-12
1.0.1	1994-03-09
1.0	1994-02-17

Before Version 1.0, there were frequent public releases beginning with 0.60. Why there were sometimes minor point releases like 0.71.[1-10] instead of just moving on to 0.72 is a mystery now.

Release	Date
0.83	1994-02-13
0.82	1994-02-08
0.81	1994-01-28
0.80	1994-01-18
0.79	1993-11-08
0.78	1993-11-05
0.77.1	1993-10-29
0.77	1993-10-23
0.76	1993-10-05
0.75.4	1993-10-04
0.75.3	1993-09-27
0.75.2	1993-09-25
0.75.1	1993-09-17
0.75	1993-09-15
0.74.1	1993-08-11
0.74	1993-07-20
0.73.1	1993-07-11
0.73	1993-07-10
0.72.2	1993-07-08
0.72.1	1993-07-05
0.72	1993-06-10
0.71.10	1993-06-03
0.71.9	1993-06-01
0.71.8	1993-05-27
0.71.7	1993-05-21
0.71.6	1993-05-18
0.71.4	1993-05-12
0.71.3	1993-05-11
0.71.2	1993-05-01
0.71.1	1993-04-19
0.71	1993-04-15
0.70	1993-03-08
0.69	1993-02-23
0.68	1993-02-16
0.67	1993-02-09
0.66	1993-01-28
0.65	1993-01-26
0.64	1993-01-15
0.63	1993-01-14
0.62	1993-01-13
0.61	1993-01-10
0.60	1993-01-04