Looks like IDL 8.2.1 is ready:
IDL 8.2.1 will be released next Wednesday, October 3. It includes updates to, primarily, (New) Graphics, the widget toolkit and the Workbench. I’ll have a more detailed listing, along with a link to download a set of programmatic examples, in a post next week.
From the version number I’m guessing this will be mostly bug fixes, but Mark does mention the addition of Brewer color tables!
September 28th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Though it’s true that there are bug fixes (52 CRs closed), we’re actually adding many new features, so it feels like 8.2.1 is more than just a maintenance release. I think this is a result of us getting better at the “release early, release often” software philosophy.