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* Date: Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023 @ 18:00 UTC '''[https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2023&month=10&day=24&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=263&p2=37&p3=26&p4=176&p5=248&p6=108&p7=111&p8=264 Convert timezones here!]'''
* Date: Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023 @ 18:00 UTC '''[https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2023&month=10&day=24&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=263&p2=37&p3=26&p4=176&p5=248&p6=108&p7=111&p8=264 Convert timezones here!]'''
* Location: https://meet.jit.si/octave-dev
* Location: https://meet.jit.si/octave-dev
* Someone has to join as a "moderator", for example by logging in with Gitlab.com or another OAUTH provider


== Today's topics ==
== Today's topics ==
* Release activities
* Release activities
** Final release of Octave 8.x before merging default to stable? (23 commits to stable since Octave 8.3.0) '''Agreed'''
** Merge default to stable in early November?
** Merge default to stable in early November? '''Agreed'''
** Major bugs? Blockers?
** Major bugs? Blockers? '''None mentioned'''
* November online event?
* November online event? '''Nothing new mentioned'''
* What is to be done with `--disable-vm-evaluator` config flag?
* GSoC payment timeline? '''Same status as a month ago, no change'''
** Is it to prevent building the VM, or only running the VM?
* What can be done to improve distribution for macOS?
** Current status (as of 2023 Oct 15): VM is always built and available to the end user, even if `--disable-vm-evaluator` is specified, but `make check-vm` is not possible if that config flag is given.
** references:
** Should we keep the flag and add #ifdef statements to all the VM code, or should we remove the config flag altogether?
*** https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_macOS
* GSoC payment timeline?
*** https://github.com/octave-app/octave-app-bundler
** '''Need Mac users to test Octave installation process, and use that feedback to improve the Octave wiki page on installing Octave on Mac.'''
 
* Future of the bytecode interpreter (https://octave.discourse.group/t/future-of-the-bytecode-interpreter/4940)
** '''Make them both converge in future. Keep both lines of development open in parallel for now. Don't merge too quickly. Be prepared for having to port features from one to the other. Make the bytecode interpreter NOT call the tree evaluator at all.'''


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