Re: Please test pari-2.17.2 prerelease 1

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

[Resent with fixed URL to Windows binaries]
Dear PARI developers,

We have made available a prerelease of PARI 2.17.2 (stable).

Please test there are no regressions!

The expected release date is on 06/03/2025.

Please test the prerelease tarball:
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/snapshots/pari-2.17.2-pre1.tar.gz>

The digital signature is 
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/snapshots/pari-2.17.2-pre1.tar.gz.asc>

Please test the 64bit Windows installer:
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/windows/snapshots/Pari64-2-17-2-pre1.exe>

I have also built the 32bit Windows installer:
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/windows/snapshots/Pari32-2-17-2-pre1.exe>

and the following standalone Windows binaries:

32bit 
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/windows/snapshots/gp32-2-17-2-pre1.exe>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/windows/snapshots/gp32-readline-2-17-2-pre1.exe>

64bit
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/windows/snapshots/gp64-2-17-2-pre1.exe>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/windows/snapshots/gp64-readline-2-17-2-pre1.exe>

64bit, multithreaded
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/windows/snapshots/gppthread64-2-17-2-pre1.exe>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/windows/snapshots/gppthread64-readline-2-17-2-pre1.exe>
I will provide link to MacOS binaries later.

For intel-based mac:

the following MacOS DMG:

<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/PariGP-2.17.2-pre1.dmg>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/PariGP-2.17.2-pre1-pthread.dmg>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/PariGP-full-2.17.2-pre1.dmg>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/PariGP-full-2.17.2-pre1-pthread.dmg>

the following MacOS stand-alone binaries:
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/gp-2.17.2-pre1-osx>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/gp-2.17.2-pre1-pthread-osx>

For arm-based ("Apple silicon") mac

<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/PariGP-arm-2.17.2-pre1.dmg>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/PariGP-arm-2.17.2-pre1-pthread.dmg>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/PariGP-full-arm-2.17.2-pre1.dmg>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/PariGP-full-arm-2.17.2-pre1-pthread.dmg>

the following MacOS stand-alone binaries:
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/gp-arm-2.17.2-pre1-osx>
<https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/mac/snapshots/gp-arm-2.17.2-pre1-pthread-osx>

On behalf of the PARI Group,
Bill
P.S. the CHANGES

Bug numbers refer to the BTS at http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/Bugs/

 [last column crossreferences current development release 2.18.1]
Done for version 2.17.2 (released 06/03/2025):
  Fixed
BA   1- ellrootno over number fields could be slow [#2595]                 [F2]
BA   2- matsolvemod could fail [#2604]                                     [F3]
BA   3- nfcompositum(nfinit(y-2),x^2-y,x^3-x-1) -> error [#2605]           [F4]
     4- Mod(a,A) == Mod(b,B) was checking a == b && A == B instead         [F6]
        of the documented Mod(a,A) - Mod(b,B) == 0 [F6]
     5- normlp(, oo): support components equal to oo or -oo                [F8]
     6- sqrtn(27+O(3^4),3) -> 1 + O(3) (wrong valuation in Qp_sqrtn_ram)  [F10]
     7- vectorsmall(5, i, 2^63-1).normfu -> SEGV                          [F11]
AP   8- alginit(nf,[a,b]) would reject a in basis form                    [F13]
BA   9- for(i=1,10^6,bernpol(5,1)) -> "no more variables" [#2611]         [F14]
BA  10- Flx_mod_Xn1(T,n), deg T >= 2*n -> wrong result                    [F15]
    11- forprime(p=1099505335069-100000,1099505335069+10000,) -> crash    [F16]