<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hello everyone,<br><br><br>The McStas developer team is happy to report that the 1.12b release of<br>our software is finally out.<br><br>You can get the installer packages from <a href="http://www.mcstas.org/download">http://www.mcstas.org/download</a><br><br>McStas 1.12b is mostly a bugfix release, but some new components and example</div><div>instruments have been included. McStas 1.12b will be the VERY last release in </div><div>the 1.x series.</div><div><br></div><div>Part of the reason for McStas 1.12b and its late arrival is our delay in releasing the next</div><div>major version, McStas 2.0.</div><div><br></div><div>McStas 2.0 will be released late 2010 / early 2011 and will introduce new features that</div><div>could break ceartain backward compatibility, hence we move from the 1.x series. We are </div><div>also considering a replacement of the GUI and plotting tools for McStas 2.0.</div><div><br>For a complete list of changes in McStas 1.12b, see<br><br><a href="http://www.mcstas.org/download/src/CHANGES">http://www.mcstas.org/download/src/CHANGES</a><br><br><br>Best regards from<br><br>The core McStas team:<br><br>Peter Willendrup (Risų DTU)<br>Erik Knudsen (Risų DTU)<br>Emmanuel Farhi (ILL)</div><div>Uwe Filges (PSI)<br>Kim Lefmann (NBI, Uni Copenhagen)<br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>--<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Peter Willendrup - Development engineer<br><br>RISŲ DTU<br>Materials Research Division<br>Frederiksborgvej 399<br>DK-4000 Roskilde<br><br>Tlf.: (+45) 4677 5862<br>Mobil.: (+45) 2125 4612</div><div>Fax.: (+45) 4766 5758</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:pkwi@risoe.dtu.dk">pkwi@risoe.dtu.dk</a></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></body></html>