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This page contains links to pages of interest to developers. | :''This page contains links to pages of interest to Octave developers.'' | ||
= | = π‘ Getting started π° = | ||
* [[Developer FAQ]] | * [[Developer FAQ]] -- Start here. | ||
* [[Contribution guidelines]] for Octave | * [[Contribution guidelines]] for Octave | ||
** [[C++ style guide]] | ** [[C++ style guide]] | ||
** [[Octave style guide]] | ** [[Octave style guide]] | ||
** [[Help text style guide]] | |||
** [[Commit message guidelines]] | |||
= | = π¬ Octave development = | ||
{{Note| | : {{Note|'''Attend our next [[meet | Online Developer Meeting]]''' ππ¬ (See [[:Category:Meetings | all previous meetings]])}} | ||
== π οΈ [[:Category:Building|Building]] == | |||
* [[Building]] -- General information how to build Octave from source. | |||
* [[ | ** [[Building on Microsoft Windows]] | ||
* [[ | ** [[Building on Ubuntu Virtual Machine]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Continuous Build]] -- Check changes with [https://buildbot.net/ Buildbot]. | ||
* [[MXE]] -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows. | |||
* [[Enable large arrays: Build octave such that it can use arrays larger than 2Gb.|Large array support]] -- | |||
== Tools | === π§ Tools === | ||
* [[Mercurial]] -- | * [[Mercurial]] -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets). | ||
* [[ | * [[Doxygen]] -- Documentation for C++ files | ||
* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- How to faster compile Octave. | |||
* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- | |||
* [[:Category:Editors|Editors]] -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting. | * [[:Category:Editors|Editors]] -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting. | ||
== | == βοΈ [[:Category:Testing|Testing]] == | ||
Β | |||
* [[Tests]] | * [[Tests]] | ||
* [[BIST for m-files]] | * [[BIST for m-files]] | ||
* [[Add BIST tests for octave functions written in C++|BIST for C++ files]] | * [[Add BIST tests for octave functions written in C++|BIST for C++ files]] | ||
== [[:Category: | == π Debugging == | ||
Β | |||
* [[ | * [[Debugging Octave]] -- How to use [https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ gdb] to obtain stack traces. | ||
* [[Finding Memory Leaks]] -- How to use [https://www.valgrind.org/ valgrind]. | |||
Β | |||
== π [[:Category:Releases|Releasing]] == | |||
Β | |||
* The next major release will be '''GNU Octave 7.1'''.Β The release procedure has not yet started.Β Use '''[[6.1 Release Checklist]]''' as template for organization. | |||
* The next minor release will be '''GNU Octave 6.3.0'''.Β The release procedure has started and progress may be tracked on the [[6.3 Release Checklist]] page. | |||
* [[:Category:Releases|Older releases]] | |||
* "Nightly" Octave releases on https://octave.space | |||
Β | |||
== π― Goals for upcoming releases == | |||
Β | |||
As discussed in the [[Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27)]], this wiki section is for a list of possible goals for the next release.Β Although anyone may edit the wiki, '''this section is intended for active developers, not a place to dump wishlist items or feature requests'''.Β Please create a subsection for your ideas/priorities. | |||
Β | |||
=== jwe priorities === | |||
:''See also [[JWE Project Ideas]] for additional info about some of these items.'' | |||
Β | |||
* Bug fixes, especially those related to compatibility issues. | |||
* Work through the open bug reports for which patches have been submitted.Β Review/apply/reject and close as many of these reports as possible. | |||
* Refactor/rewrite code for handling load path. | |||
* Refactor/rewrite exist and which functions. | |||
* Create a low-level interface to HDF5 functions. | |||
* Support Matlab's HDF5-based MAT file format using the proposed low-level interface to HDF5 functions. | |||
** Allow all types of function handles to be saved and loaded. | |||
** Allow [[classdef]] objects to be saved and loaded. | |||
* Replace the [[GUI terminal widget|terminal widget in the GUI]]. | |||
* Accept Matlab's new argument validation syntax in parser. | |||
Β | |||
= π‘ [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in progress = | |||
Β | |||
* [[Short projects]] -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development. | |||
* [[Summer of Code - Getting Started]] -- Ideas page for GSoC, SOCIS, ... projects. | |||
* [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done. | |||
** [[Classdef]] -- Define own data types using <code>classdef</code>. | |||
** [[JIT]] -- Just in time compiler for Octave. | |||
** [[GUI terminal widget]] -- Ideas about a new improved terminal widget. | |||
** [[International Characters Support]] -- Using Octave in your own language. | |||
** [[Pythonic]] -- Calling Python functions directly from Octave. | |||
== | = Other = | ||
* [[Project Infrastructure]] | * [[Project Infrastructure]] | ||
[[Category:Contents]] | [[Category:Contents]] |
Revision as of 01:25, 24 August 2021
- This page contains links to pages of interest to Octave developers.
π‘ Getting started π°
- Developer FAQ -- Start here.
- Contribution guidelines for Octave
π¬ Octave development
- Attend our next Online Developer Meeting ππ¬ (See all previous meetings)
π οΈ Building
- Building -- General information how to build Octave from source.
- Continuous Build -- Check changes with Buildbot.
- MXE -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows.
- Large array support --
π§ Tools
- Mercurial -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets).
- Doxygen -- Documentation for C++ files
- ccache -- How to faster compile Octave.
- Editors -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting.
βοΈ Testing
π Debugging
- Debugging Octave -- How to use gdb to obtain stack traces.
- Finding Memory Leaks -- How to use valgrind.
π Releasing
- The next major release will be GNU Octave 7.1. The release procedure has not yet started. Use 6.1 Release Checklist as template for organization.
- The next minor release will be GNU Octave 6.3.0. The release procedure has started and progress may be tracked on the 6.3 Release Checklist page.
- Older releases
- "Nightly" Octave releases on https://octave.space
π― Goals for upcoming releases
As discussed in the Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27), this wiki section is for a list of possible goals for the next release. Although anyone may edit the wiki, this section is intended for active developers, not a place to dump wishlist items or feature requests. Please create a subsection for your ideas/priorities.
jwe priorities
- See also JWE Project Ideas for additional info about some of these items.
- Bug fixes, especially those related to compatibility issues.
- Work through the open bug reports for which patches have been submitted. Review/apply/reject and close as many of these reports as possible.
- Refactor/rewrite code for handling load path.
- Refactor/rewrite exist and which functions.
- Create a low-level interface to HDF5 functions.
- Support Matlab's HDF5-based MAT file format using the proposed low-level interface to HDF5 functions.
- Allow all types of function handles to be saved and loaded.
- Allow classdef objects to be saved and loaded.
- Replace the terminal widget in the GUI.
- Accept Matlab's new argument validation syntax in parser.
π‘ Project ideas and work in progress
- Short projects -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development.
- Summer of Code - Getting Started -- Ideas page for GSoC, SOCIS, ... projects.
- Projects -- Many things that would be nice to have done.
- Classdef -- Define own data types using
classdef
. - JIT -- Just in time compiler for Octave.
- GUI terminal widget -- Ideas about a new improved terminal widget.
- International Characters Support -- Using Octave in your own language.
- Pythonic -- Calling Python functions directly from Octave.
- Classdef -- Define own data types using
Other
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