[Gretl-devel] kalman filter status?

[Sven Schreiber]

Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti schrieb:

> 
> 1) we're working on an "ODBC connector", which enables gretl to fetch 
> data from DBMSes like Oracle, MySQL, Postgres etcetera. The basic 
> infrastructure is already in CVS: the missing bits are (a) documentation 
> (b) thorough testing (c) a reasonable GUI interface. IMO, chances are 
> this can be done within the end of May and the ODBC facility (marked as 
> "experimental") can be included in 1.7.5;

in principle this sounds cool, but what actually is the pressing need 
for it? Or to put it differently: should 1.7.5 really be delayed for 
that reason?


> 
> IMO, once this is done we may release 1.7.5 and concentrate on kalman + 
> quantile regression (and more).
> 

let me repeat my other question: do you want/need suggestions for the 
Kalman "API"/syntax/interface?

thanks,
sven