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* Take a look at https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/ if you would like to work on some package there.
* Take a look at https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/ if you would like to work on some package there.


=== Easy Closes ===
== Easy Closes ==
Below is a non exhaustive list of bugs which should be looked at and appear to be easy
Status (working from oldest stopped at 48681 aka items 1201-1250)
Notes:
*From this range ~5% could be closed
*The last full scrub came from hardy for v4.2
*Suspect many of the plotting are no longer applicable


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| {{bug|46640}} || [octave forge] (statistics) Can't install if io is not loaded || lostbard asks if anyone still has this issue
| {{bug|46640}} || [octave forge] (statistics) Can't install if io is not loaded || lostbard asks if anyone still has this issue
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| {{bug|47496}} || Values in Workspace view are limited by 10 numbers || mtmiller states let's just call this won't fix
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| {{bug|47553}} || textscan Whitespace characters different from Matlab|| lachlan states You're welcome to close it
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| {{bug|48088}} || document that issquare, iscolumn, isempty, etc operate on cell arrays|| pot states this is probably good enough
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Easy Closes

Below is a non exhaustive list of bugs which should be looked at and appear to be easy Status (working from oldest stopped at 48681 aka items 1201-1250) Notes:

  • From this range ~5% could be closed
  • The last full scrub came from hardy for v4.2
  • Suspect many of the plotting are no longer applicable
bug bug title status
#32839 pkg build/install does not work with directories OP states to close
#36954 datenum / datevec convert date-time string incorrectly during hour lost to DST siko1056 suggests closing as won't fix
#38134 [octave forge] (signal) bug in remez njank recommends closing
#38297 [octave forge] (signal) bilinear not compatible with Matlab rjank suggests this is resolved
#39243 patch {x,y,z,c}data properties are not independent hardy states original issue seems to be FIXED now
#39249 imread and 32 bit (float) TIFF images rik5 suggested closing
#40357 OOM when converting from sparse double to sparse logical hardy thinks this might be a DUPLICATE
#40739 Attempt to allocate (size_t)-1 bytes when trying to length-INT_MAX create sparse vector hardy states it might well be FIXED already.
#41011 scalar indexed assignment should cast input type appears to give same results as ML
#41661 [octave forge] (generate_html) generate_package_html page header contains wrong links cdf (OP) asks this item still relevant
#42118 COW memory issues when extracting small slices from large arrays rik5 isn't worth the maintenance burden
#42282 overloaded vertcat fails if some rows contain only built-in types cmb suggests this is a DUPLICATE
#42421 "find" function overflows for large sparse matrices appears issue is resolved
#43327 dir function is too slow siko1056 suggests to close as won't fix.
#43717 rats LEN Matlab incompatibility riks states wouldn't bother to fix this as Octave's solution seems better.
#44130 [octave forge] (statistics) mvncdf outputs different results for same input parameters mangosauce35 states not a bug but a matter of precision
#44971 [octave forge] (generate_html) fails to generate "See also" hyperlinks jbect questions if it is a DUPLICATE
#45166 [octave forge] (communications) typos in function docstrings appears can be closed
#45390 [octave forge] (communications) finddelay function appears can be closed
#45404 Breakpoints cannot be set in classdef methods or +package function files jwe suggest closing this
#45650 [octave forge] (communications) 'fmmod.m' help does not mention its last parameter (freqdev) appears can be closed
#45944 eig(X,'nobalance') does not exist in Octave vs. Matlab nir_krakauer shows this has been implemented
#46601 Command window problems on secondary portrait monitor rik5 suggest

likely to have been fixed.

#46640 [octave forge] (statistics) Can't install if io is not loaded lostbard asks if anyone still has this issue
#47496 Values in Workspace view are limited by 10 numbers mtmiller states let's just call this won't fix
#47553 textscan Whitespace characters different from Matlab lachlan states You're welcome to close it
#48088 document that issquare, iscolumn, isempty, etc operate on cell arrays pot states this is probably good enough

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