Online Developer Meeting (2024-04-23)

Today's topics[edit]

Timing for next bugfix release
- potential blocker(?): bug #65605: Octave call to function figure(); results in segfault with Qt6 6.7.0
- jwe creates release candidate (see: Release candidate for Octave 9.2.0 available
GSoC projects
- 8 applications
- Selection the day after the meeting
OctConf 2024
Roadmap and priorities for Octave 10
Discuss a potential timeline for native string class support
- Blocker: Inability to save classdef objects to files. Potentially realizable in incremental steps:
  - Implement a low-level HDF5 interface that is usable from .m code.
  - Implement saving double arrays in Matlab-compatible -v7.3 format in .m files.
  - Implement saving in that format for other types (including classdef).
Should we make and distribute nightly builds for Windows for the default branch?
- Traffic from Digital Ocean limited to 4 TB. (Higher monthly rate if exceeded?)
- Probably no additional nightly build configurations for now.
Octave in MSYS2 (binary distributor for Windows MinGW)

Timing for next bugfix release (middle of April, approx. one month after the 9.1.0 release)
- bug #65476 (`mkoctfile -p LIBS` includes unnecessary libraries) Done
- Copyright dates for documentation, and possible MXE-Octave files out of date Done
- In the future, we'll likely aim for a .2.0 release around a month after the .1.0 release; a .3.0 around 3 month after the .1.0 release; and a .4.0 release about 6 months after the .1.0 release. If necessary, additional releases are possible in between or after these approximate dates, or some releases could be skipped.
Andreas Bertsatos will open a thread about extracting demos from classdef files [1]
OctConf 2024
- Agreed. Eastern North America likely. Rik will post a poll.
Roadmap and priorities for Octave 10
- Which important features to focus on for Octave 10?
- JWE will try to make MExceptions real classdef objects (not overloadable, fully implemented in C++)
- JWE will try to start a thread on Discourse about potential new features for Octave 10.
Discuss a potential timeline for native string class support