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=== Discourse === | |||
* General question about the acceptance. | |||
** We like it. | |||
* Continue to no longer actively advertise the mailing-lists. | |||
=== Octave 6.3.0 === | === Octave 6.3.0 === | ||
* [[6.3 Release Checklist]] | * [[6.3 Release Checklist]] | ||
* Bug {{bug|60620}}: octave-cli crashes when interacting with Java libraries | |||
** Not blocking release. | |||
** jwe takes a look. | |||
* ABI breaking minor release? https://octave.discourse.group/t/more-frequent-minor-releases/1127 | * ABI breaking minor release? https://octave.discourse.group/t/more-frequent-minor-releases/1127 | ||
** Not blocking release. | |||
** Do not increase major version number, only API version. | |||
=== Octave releases === | |||
* Only one major release per year. | |||
** Should include new features. | |||
** Developer time is limited, more not doable. | |||
** More frequent minor releases, not 100% perfect, promise to '''try''' to keep API/ABI compatibility. | |||
* Better error than crash on API/ABI changes. | |||
** It seems this problem occurred with '''development''' versions of Octave. | |||
*** '''No mercy for developers:''' they hopefully know what they are doing, have to cope with breaking changes. | |||
*** Normally the API version of oct files is checked, thus it should not have crashed and rather have warned. | |||
*** Contrary with development version, even after breaking changes, the API is only incremented '''once for the release'''. This might have caused the trouble. | |||
* Octave on MS Windows, Linux, macOS usually has somehow a compiler available (unlike Matlab on MS Windows), thus recompiling the oct files is annoying, but not impossible. | |||
=== GitHub Actions === | |||
* Markus gave a small presentation of this project. | |||
** https://github.com/gnu-octave/octave/actions (need to be member of the https://github.com/gnu-octave organization, just ask on Discourse https://octave.discourse.group/t/github-gitlab-organization-for-gnu-octave/178). | |||
** Not 100% perfect yet, but already in a good shape. | |||
** CodeQL static code analysis | |||
** '''Help with macOS wanted''' | |||
=== QScintilla signal/slot problem === | |||
* Bug {{bug|60469}} | |||
* On MS Windows only for QScintilla the "safer" signal/slot changes seem to not work. | |||
** Revert it until the problem is identified. | |||
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