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| {{bug|49360}} ||odeset lacks documentation for solver options || siko1056 on 28.09.2018 So maybe leave it open for another two years.
| {{bug|49360}} ||odeset lacks documentation for solver options || siko1056 on 28.09.2018 So maybe leave it open for another two years.
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| {{bug|50369}} || FLTK uimenu position inconsistent || rik5 questions the bugs merit
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| {{bug|60515}} || trace documentation || jwe asks if there is anything to fix
| {{bug|60515}} || trace documentation || jwe asks if there is anything to fix

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Below is a non exhaustive list of bugs which should be looked at and appear to be easy Status (working from oldest stopped at 51317 aka items 1001-1050) Notes:

  • From this range ~5% could be closed
  • The last full scrub came from hardy for v4.2
  • Suspect many of the plotting and java bugs could be closed.
bug bug title status
#36954 datenum / datevec convert date-time string incorrectly during hour lost to DST siko1056 suggests closing as won't fix
#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
#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
#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
#48740 fieldnames(obj,'-full') OP states now this bug is fixed.
#49072 assigning double arrays to cell arrays: matlab incompatibility? mtmiller states may also be closed later as won't fix if no one reports any interest in working on this
#49091 MinGW std::acosh less accurate than Linux versions rik5 states

This and #48312 were supposed to be closed at the same time.

#49135 gnuplot: Default font must be set for "windows" terminal rik5 states was implemented on stable branch prior to 4.2 and the default after
#49275 history_append: new boolean option to mimic bash "histappend" option hardy states I think I will let it rest in peace.
#49360 odeset lacks documentation for solver options siko1056 on 28.09.2018 So maybe leave it open for another two years.
#60515 trace documentation jwe asks if there is anything to fix
#60652 Console becomes unusable after a few minutes of use OP never reported back
#60763 use of function 'properties' within a classdef appears to confuse parser jwe asks to close report

The equivalent suggestions for patches.

patch patch title status
#7537 Handle matlab way to store cell arrays in hdf5 files. nrjank states otherwise close bug as a 'won't fix'
#7825 built-in versions of base2dec and dec2base sebald states The fix is simple
#8046 [octave forge] (nan): ranks function - add support for multi-D arrays nrjank states patch likely can be closed.
#8369 [octave forge] (image): imresize - Change to imresize to reduce memory footprint fgnievinski suggests this is a duplicate of a bug and requests someone please close the present one.
#8666 doc: adjusting octave examples test to exactly match output siko1056 asks if anyone want to work on this otherwise we should close this item.
#8870 [octave forge] (odepkg) add metainfo.xml file for Gnome Software nrjank asks if this patch be closed
#9066 [octave forge] (communications) rcosfir: new function (deprecated but still present in Matlab) nir_krakauer states yes, it can be closed.
#9631 [octave forge] (benchmark) overhaul mtmiller considers dropping this patch
#9693 [octave forge] (signal) sos2ss: new function mtmiller states on 2018.09.26 feel free to ping or push if it gets to be the end of October

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