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== 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) | |||
** Merge default to stable in early November? | ** Merge default to stable in early November? | ||
** Major bugs? Blockers? | ** Major bugs? Blockers? | ||
Revision as of 08:14, 24 October 2023
- Date: Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023 @ 18:00 UTC Convert timezones here!
- Location: https://meet.jit.si/octave-dev
Today's topics
- Release activities
- Final release of Octave 8.x before merging default to stable? (23 commits to stable since Octave 8.3.0)
- Merge default to stable in early November?
- Major bugs? Blockers?
- Future of the bytecode interpreter (https://octave.discourse.group/t/future-of-the-bytecode-interpreter/4940)
- November online event?
- GSoC payment timeline?
Previous topics
- Releasing Octave 9
- Merge default to stable in early November. OK with everyone? Yes
- Any new features to add between now and feature freeze? None named
- Major bugs to work out in the next month or two? Continue progress
- Switch to Qt6 by default? (Some pressure starting from rolling release distributions.) Agreed, testing in progress
- VM discussion in connection with Octave 9: Arun to add documentation on VM to Octave manual and the wiki
- GSoC roundup, things learned.
- GSoC was successful for both projects this year
- Select only those applicants who have projects in mind already, they seem more motivated
- Nicholas J will check with GSoC re payment schedules, to ensure we didn't miss any
- November event
- Rik will post a callout on Discourse
See also
- Next meeting: Online Developer Meeting (2023-11-28)
- Last meeting: Online Developer Meeting (2023-09-26)