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The following bugs must be fixed prior to the next release.  See also the [[Roadmap]] .
The following bugs must be fixed prior to release.


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== Bugs marked Configuration and Build System ==
Bugs with severity >= 4


* Owner: ??? {{bug|40273}} 'sed' is used even if a different value for 'SED' is specified during configure
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?39586  #39586] Assertion failure with profexplore valid use: Assertion `fcn_id == fcn' failed.
* Owner: ??? {{bug|40252}} Make GUI compatible with both Qt4 and Qt5
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?39524  #39524] m-file profiler returning inaccurate first line
* Owner: ??? {{bug|40111}} Support runtime selection of Java version on Linux and Unix systems
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?39243  #39243] patch {x,y,z,c}data properties are not independent
* Owner: ??? {{bug|39856}} Cannot compile an Oct-File in Windows 7 64 or Vista 64 oct file
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?37927  #37927] set (gcf, "parent", gcf) -> seg-fault
* Owner: ??? {{bug|39446}} MXE-Octave: LAPACK build mixes MinGW and MSVC
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?33304  #33304] power operator precedence and direction
* Owner: ??? {{bug|38776}} Tests in private functions cannot be tested directly
* WON'T FIX FOR 3.8 <strike> Owner: ??? {{bug|36943}} documentation not built without gnuplot </strike>
* WON'T FIX FOR 3.8 <strike> Owner: ??? {{bug|36524}} Upgrade defun macro to accept non-double-quoted string for DOCSTRING </strike>
* Owner: ??? {{bug|36477}} use XDG dirs instead of HOME
* Owner: ??? {{bug|34301}} Can't compile oct files using gcc -fvisibility=hidden option
* Owner: ??? {{bug|34169}} Support -f compiler flags in mkoctfile


== Bugs with severity >= 4 ==
Bugs marked as regressions


* Owner:??? {{bug|40545}} Opening preferences causes the GUI to hang forever on OSX 10.9
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?39925  #39925 imagesc crash Plotting with OpenGL
* Owner:??? {{bug|40498}} opening or saving files crashes the GUI on OSX
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?39524  #39524 m-file profiler returning inaccurate first line
* WON'T FIX for 3.8 <strike> Owner:??? {{bug|40242}} FLTK + GUI = crash on MacOSX </strike>
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?38236 #38236 invoking script in demo block to define variables causes errors
* Owner:jwe {{bug|37672}} GUI doesn't react to CTRL+C
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?37672  #37672 GUI doesn't react to CTRL+C
 
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?37410  #37410 image.m has a wrong check for linearly-spaced x and y
== Bugs marked as regressions ==
* Owner:??? [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?31287  #31287 Certain assignments of empty arrays give errors (Matlab incompatibility)
 
* Owner:??? {{bug|40333}} print with legend modifies axis position (Not fixed, but temporary workaround in place for generation of images for 3.8.0 manual)
* Owner:??? {{bug|38236}} invoking script in demo block to define variables causes errors
* Owner:jwe {{bug|31287}} Certain assignments of empty arrays give errors (Matlab incompatibility)
 
== Bugs marked as Crash ==
 
It would be nice to fix these, but they don't require resolution before the release.
 
* Owner:??? {{bug|40121}} Using dbquit from within a callback causes a segfault
* Owner:??? {{bug|40044}} *** glibc detected *** gnuplot: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x08d72878 ***
* Owner:??? {{bug|38584}} setting linestyle to "none" for fill object causes error (gnuplot)
* Owner:??? {{bug|38305}} file dialog causes crash
* Owner:??? {{bug|38280}} imfinfo() crashes on 64 bit, but not 32 bit builds
* Owner:??? {{bug|37205}} running JIT tests with valgrind: possible memory issues and segfault
* Owner:??? {{bug|36067}} bug in exist() when checking for a faulty mex/oct file
 
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