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* | * Proposal [from cbm]: set aside last 15 or 20 minutes to hack on the bytecode interpreter. | ||
** JWE asks questions, rest of us file issues or take notes. | |||
** Example: last meeting something came up about int types... | |||
*** perhaps we can find a few more "low hanging fruit" | |||
** If nothing else, a few of us will spend a few minutes trying the interpreter. | |||
== Previous topics == | == Previous topics == | ||
Revision as of 22:41, 4 December 2023
- Date: Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023 @ 18:00 UTC Convert timezones here!
- Location: https://meet.jit.si/octave-dev
Today's topics
- Proposal [from cbm]: set aside last 15 or 20 minutes to hack on the bytecode interpreter.
- JWE asks questions, rest of us file issues or take notes.
- Example: last meeting something came up about int types...
- perhaps we can find a few more "low hanging fruit"
- If nothing else, a few of us will spend a few minutes trying the interpreter.
Previous topics
- Octave 9 release activities
- 9.1 Release Checklist
- Continuing progress with language checks and translations
- Consider reverting the removal of the configure flag that allows disabling the bytecode VM?
- Background discussion: https://octave.discourse.group/t/the-role-of-the-disable-vm-evaluator-flag/4934
- JWE will try to add ifdefs for this
- It was discussed to make this activity as a bug report to help tracking
- Clarify changes that should target the stable or the default branch.
- No universal guidelines, generally ask whether it absolutely needs to be in stable without introducing new problems
- Importance of impact, if any: does it make a difference whether it addresses a crash vs addresses something minor?
- Importance of frequency, if any: does it make a difference whether the bug is commonly encountered or rare?
- Size of code change, if any.
- When to graft changes from default to stable?
- Clarify what should be part of reviewing a change before pushing it to the repository. Any difference for changes to the stable or the default branch?
- No all-use guidelines, but avoid compiler specific code, platform specific code, and in general ask why something is written this way
- Decide on criteria for which bugs should be fixed before 9.1.0 release
- Tag all bugs which meet criteria with Planned Release of 9.1.0
- Default to Qt6 for Octave 9? Also for MXE Octave? That raises minimum requirements for compiler (C++17) and target platform (for Windows: minimum Windows 10 64-bit, see post on discourse).
- Enable polymorphic allocators by default (C++17 feature)? Might prevent Octave packages from building if they set a lower C++ standard. (Known example: the ltfat package does this currently, adding -std=gnu++11 to its flags, preventing it from being built as-is with polymorphic allocators.)
See also
- Next meeting: Online Developer Meeting (2024-01-23)
- Last meeting: Online Developer Meeting (2023-11-28)