Reviewing Octave Forge packages

Help reviewing Octave-Forge packages

We need help. Here is how:

Pick a package at https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/package-releases/
Copy the check-list below and fill it out, marking each box:
- [x] for passed
- [n/a] for non-applicable
- [ ] for skipped (because you cannot do it, missing software, etc)
- [F] for fails.
Paste your filled in check-list as a comment on the issue above

What happens next

An admin will try to look over your review and hopefully release the package. More than one person can review a package, in fact that would be great.

Checklist

[ ] release candidate installed on latest Octave release
[ ] no compiler errors or serious warnings
[ ] ran all tests using runtests (including tests in the src dir)
[ ] ran doctest on all functions (optional)
[ ] Above steps were run on Octave versions:
     *  ________
     *  ________
[ ] tested with minimum Octave version list in DESCRIPTION
[ ] reasonable dependencies listed in DESCRIPTION
[ ] ran generate_package_html
[ ] no makeinfo errors and warnings during HTML build
[ ] unpacked and spot-checked the generated HTML documentation
[ ] NEWS file makes sense, version and date match
[ ] All functions are listed in INDEX

Other info

TODO: how does one check all functions are listed in INDEX?

TODO: add something about testing multiple OSes, or at least listing what OS we tested...

TODO: would be good to provide more specific instructions for when the package as a Maintainer Makefile? But we don't usually put the Maintainer Makefile in the .tar.gz package to do? (At least Doctest and Symbolic don't).

Meta helping

Feel free to edit this wiki with explanations of the check list tasks
Please do add (reasonable) tasks to the check list

Common problems

Here are some common problems that reviewers can check for

INDEX is missing some new functions added
NEWS has not been updated or is missing something big
Version numbers or dates do not match between DESCRIPTION and NEWS
Common makeinfo errors like "@bye seen before @end deftypefn"
DESCRIPTION says pkg works with old Octave 4.x but it fails for me
Obviously, compiler errors, warnings, test failures