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== Today's topics ==
== Today's topics ==
* @jwe's server is now set up as a buildbot worker for buildbot.octave.space (Windows nightlies)
** Worker needs to be started manually on reboot. Other than that it is working.
** Upload is slow. Maybe, skip (building and) uploading the .zip archive. Installer and .7z archive are probably enough.


* Octave 8.1 released
* Octave 8.1 released
** Does it make sense to make release candidates?
** Does it make sense to make release candidates?
** Release Octave 8.2.0 with a couple of urgent fixes (see below) probably soon.
* Fix for issue with element-wise <code>|</code> and <code>&</code> in <code>if</code> conditions is already pushed to the stable branch.


* Issues when writing to streams while converting output
* Issues when writing to streams while converting output
** @arungiridhar already pushed a fix for streams in binary mode to the stable branch.
** Change default to "no conversion" (i.e., UTF-8) when opening streams with <code>fopen</code> without explicitly specifying an encoding. Matlab also defaults to UTF-8 in newer versions. And this might mitigate the encoding issue (at least with default settings).


* Symbol visibility for Octave libraries causing issues for some Octave packages?
* Symbol visibility for Octave libraries causing issues for some Octave packages?
** Change default to disable selective symbol visibility again.


* Internal representation of character arrays in Octave
* Internal representation of character arrays in Octave
** @jwe proposed to open a thread on Discourse if we'd like to discuss this.
* GSoC 2023
** Application period will start soon.


* GSoC 2023?
* NumFOCUS
** Go ahead with application (without waiting for feedback from FSF any longer).


== Previous topics ==
== Previous topics ==

Latest revision as of 08:29, 29 March 2023

Today's topics[edit]

  • @jwe's server is now set up as a buildbot worker for buildbot.octave.space (Windows nightlies)
    • Worker needs to be started manually on reboot. Other than that it is working.
    • Upload is slow. Maybe, skip (building and) uploading the .zip archive. Installer and .7z archive are probably enough.
  • Octave 8.1 released
    • Does it make sense to make release candidates?
    • Release Octave 8.2.0 with a couple of urgent fixes (see below) probably soon.
  • Fix for issue with element-wise | and & in if conditions is already pushed to the stable branch.
  • Issues when writing to streams while converting output
    • @arungiridhar already pushed a fix for streams in binary mode to the stable branch.
    • Change default to "no conversion" (i.e., UTF-8) when opening streams with fopen without explicitly specifying an encoding. Matlab also defaults to UTF-8 in newer versions. And this might mitigate the encoding issue (at least with default settings).
  • Symbol visibility for Octave libraries causing issues for some Octave packages?
    • Change default to disable selective symbol visibility again.
  • Internal representation of character arrays in Octave
    • @jwe proposed to open a thread on Discourse if we'd like to discuss this.
  • GSoC 2023
    • Application period will start soon.
  • NumFOCUS
    • Go ahead with application (without waiting for feedback from FSF any longer).

Previous topics[edit]

  • Future of buildbot.octave.space: https://octave.discourse.group/t/future-of-buildbot-octave-space/3993
    • Current worker will go down some time in March.
    • @jwe or @pr0m1th3as will check together with Kai if they could provide hardware that could be used as a replacement worker.
    • Minimum requirement for worker: ~ 1 GiB storage per "flavor". "Fast enough" to build all "flavors" in 24 hours.
    • Plan is to check @jwe's machine first. If upload speed is an issue, continue to check with @pr0m1th3as' machine.
  • Future of packages being maintained at sourceforge.net: https://octave.discourse.group/t/are-there-still-any-maintainers-for-octave-forge/4002
    • Package index has already switched to GitHub.
    • Documentation is still hosted on SourceForge.
    • @pr0m1th3as proposed to suggest maintainer of packages that are hosted on SourceForge to move to GitHub.
    • @cbm and @jwe mentioned that we should try to keep the risk of "vendor-lock-in" at a commercial service in mind.
  • Octave accepted to GSOC 2023
    • Students can apply 20th of March to 4th of April 2023.
    • Unclear who is mentoring.
    • It was agreed to remove (HTML comment) all projects from the GSoC Wiki page and ask potential mentors to only (re-)add those projects that they are able to see through this year.
  • Discourse display and connection issues
    • Multiple users have issues connecting to the side or get strangely formatted layout.
    • Arun will contact Discourse support desk.
  • Octave 8.1
    • Decision to release Octave 8.1 shortly.

See also[edit]

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