Bug Fix List - 5.0 Release

The following bugs must be fixed prior to the next release. See also the 5.0.0 Release Checklist.

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Bugs marked as regressions

• Owner: ??? #55195 "help" for core functions contains odd symbols for non-ASCII characters

• Owner: ??? #55133 Sidebar File Browser Not Rendered Correctly

• Owner: ??? #55029 pause causes hang

• Owner: ??? #54995 Removal of called_from_builtin

• Owner: ??? #54953 Possible to create uncloseable figures when using --no-gui-libs option

• Owner: ??? #54832 __run_test_suite__ fails with nested directories

• Owner: ??? #54789 'keyboard' in function inside script file no longer gives debugging console

• Owner: ??? #54554 When plotting large arrays, some graphic elements are not visible (llvmpipe Windows)

• Owner: ??? #54444 Octave-4.4.X CLI doesn't terminate at sigterm until <ENTER> pressed at prompt

• Owner: ??? #54342 rand() produces different results on octave 4.4.0 compared to earlier versions

• Owner: ??? #54028 copy of non-handle class instance is not deep

• Owner: ??? #53683 numerical output format for float values with magnitude greater than precision is wrong

• Owner: ??? #53468 Octave 4.3.0+ can't load figures saved with previous versions

• Owner: ??? #53456 output_precision: Cannot set precision higher than 16

• Owner: ??? #53283 Variable Editor: floated variable panels disappear with loss of V.E. focus

• Owner: ??? #53189 Truncated initial message in Command Window on Windows

• Owner: ??? #53153 MXE octave crash after introduction of QOpenGLWidget

• Owner: ??? #53099 mkoctfile confused by unknown options followed by source file arguments

• Owner: ??? #53091 [MXE-Octave] new warning from gnuplot

• Owner: ??? #52851 parse error at command line or in scripts "duplicate subfunction or nested function name"

• Owner: ??? #52840 GUI hangs on use of uigetfile/uiputfile

• Owner: ??? #52765 FreeSans default font is non portable in svg printout

• Owner: ??? #49612 QT: uicontrol checkboxes and radiobuttons have wrong sizes

Potentially excluded bugs

These bugs have been provisionally decided not to be blockers for 5.0.0. That doesn't mean they can't be fixed, if someone wants to fix them.