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Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27) (edit)
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* Should there be a grace period for package maintainers to adapt to Octave 6 before the 6.1 release? | * Should there be a grace period for package maintainers to adapt to Octave 6 before the 6.1 release? | ||
** Release is scheduled for November | ** Release is scheduled for November. | ||
** Active package maintainers already up-to-date | ** Active package maintainers already up-to-date. | ||
** Only contact package maintainers who's packages currently fail: | ** Only contact package maintainers who's packages currently fail: | ||
*** [[odepkg]] runs in an infinite loop while testing; BitBucket repo no longer available; Kai contacts cdf via mailing-list | *** [[odepkg]] runs in an infinite loop while testing; BitBucket repo no longer available; Kai contacts cdf via mailing-list. | ||
*** [https://octave.sourceforge.io/sparsersb/ SparseRSB] contacted in {{bug|58957}} | *** [https://octave.sourceforge.io/sparsersb/ SparseRSB] contacted in {{bug|58957}}. | ||
* Many broken packages cannot identified in | * Many broken packages cannot identified in MXE Octave builds. | ||
** jwe? reported that some packages intentionally deactivate warnings about deprecated functions until it is "too late" and the package no longer builds. '''Please do not do this.''' | ** jwe? reported that some packages intentionally deactivate warnings about deprecated functions until it is "too late" and the package no longer builds. '''Please do not do this.''' | ||