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This page contains links to pages of interest to Octave developers.

Getting started[edit]

Developer FAQ -- Start here.
Contribution guidelines for Octave

Octave development[edit]

Building[edit]

Building -- General information how to build Octave from source.
- Building on Microsoft Windows
- Building on Ubuntu Virtual Machine
Continuous Build -- Check changes with Buildbot.
MXE -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows.
Large array support --

Tools[edit]

Mercurial -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets).
Doxygen -- Documentation for C++ files
ccache -- How to faster compile Octave.
Editors -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting.

Debugging[edit]

Debugging Octave -- How to use gdb to obtain stack traces.
Finding Memory Leaks -- How to use valgrind.

Releasing[edit]

The next major release will be GNU Octave 7.1. The release procedure has not yet started. Use 6.1 Release Checklist as template for organization.
Older releases
"Nightly" Octave releases on https://octave.space

Goals for upcoming releases[edit]

As discussed in the Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27), this wiki section is for a list of possible goals for the next release. Although anyone may edit the wiki, this section is intended for active developers, not a place to dump wishlist items or feature requests. Please create a subsection for your ideas/priorities.

jwe priorities[edit]

See also JWE Project Ideas for additional info about some of these items.

Bug fixes, especially those related to compatibility issues.
Work through the open bug reports for which patches have been submitted. Review/apply/reject and close as many of these reports as possible.
Refactor/rewrite code for handling load path.
Refactor/rewrite exist and which functions.
Create a low-level interface to HDF5 functions.
Support Matlab's HDF5-based MAT file format using the proposed low-level interface to HDF5 functions.
- Allow all types of function handles to be saved and loaded.
- Allow classdef objects to be saved and loaded.
Replace the terminal widget in the GUI.
Accept Matlab's new argument validation syntax in parser.

Project ideas and work in progess[edit]

Short projects -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development.
Summer of Code Project Ideas -- Ideas page for GSoC, SOCIS, ... projects.
Projects -- Many things that would be nice to have done.
- Classdef -- Define own data types using classdef.
- JIT -- Just in time compiler for Octave.
- GUI terminal widget -- Ideas about a new improved terminal widget.
- International Characters Support -- Using Octave in your own language.
- Pythonic -- Calling Python functions directly from Octave.

Meetings[edit]

Read about past developer meetings.

Other[edit]

Project Infrastructure

Subcategories

This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

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Building

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Pages in category "Development"

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-This page contains links to pages of interest to developers.
+:''This page contains links to pages of interest to Octave developers.''
 == Getting started ==
-* [[Developer FAQ]]
+* [[Developer FAQ]] -- Start here.
 * [[Contribution guidelines]] for Octave
 ** [[C++ style guide]]
 ** [[Octave style guide]]
-* [[Contributing to the development of packages/modules]]
+** [[Help text style guide]]
-== [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in progess ==
+== Octave development ==
-* [[Easy projects]]
-* [[GSoC Project Ideas]]
+=== [[:Category:Building|Building]] ===
-* [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done.  Not classified into things done or not done in Matlab.  (Is that a project in itself?)
-** [[Classdef]] -- Define own data types using <code>classdef</code>.
+* [[Building]] -- General information how to build Octave from source.
-** [[Java interface]]
+** [[Building on Microsoft Windows]]
-** [[JIT]] -- Just in time compiler for Octave.
+** [[Building on Ubuntu Virtual Machine]]
-** [[GUI terminal widget]] -- Ideas about a new improved terminal widget.
+* [[Continuous Build]] -- Check changes with [https://buildbot.net/ Buildbot].
-** [[International Characters Support]] -- Using Octave in your own language.
+* [[MXE]] -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows.
+* [[Enable large arrays: Build octave such that it can use arrays larger than 2Gb.|Large array support]] --
-== Tools & techniques ==
+==== Tools ====
-* [[Mercurial]] -- Version control scheme.
+* [[Mercurial]] -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets).
-* [[MXE]] -- Cross-compiling to Windows.
+* [[Doxygen]] -- Documentation for C++ files
-* gdb -- debugger.  Useful to obtain stack traces.
+* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- How to faster compile Octave.
-** [[Debugging Octave]] -- particularly .oct files using gdb.
-* valgrind -- memory leak detector, profiler etc.
-** [[Finding Memory Leaks]]
-* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- cache compilation across builds.
 * [[:Category:Editors|Editors]] -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting.
-== Documentation ==
+=== [[:Category:Testing|Testing]] ===
-* [[Help text]] -- Document m-files
-* [[Doxygen]] -- Document C++ files
-== [[:Category:Building|Building]] ==
-* [[Building]] - General information.
-* [[Continuous Build]]
-* [[Enable large arrays: Build octave such that it can use arrays larger than 2Gb.|Large array support]]
-== [[:Category:Testing|Testing]] ==
 * [[Tests]]
 * [[BIST for m-files]]
 * [[Add BIST tests for octave functions written in C++|BIST for C++ files]]
-== [[:Category:Packaging|Packaging]] ==
+=== Debugging ===
-* Building binary distributions.
-** [[Create a MacOS X App Bundle Using MacPorts|Create a macOS app using MacPorts]]
+* [[Debugging Octave]] -- How to use [https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ gdb] to obtain stack traces.
-** [[Windows_Installer|Create a Windows Installer using MXE]]
+* [[Finding Memory Leaks]] -- How to use [https://www.valgrind.org/ valgrind].
+=== [[:Category:Releases|Releasing]] ===
+* The next major release will be '''GNU Octave 7.1'''.  The release procedure has not yet started.  Use '''[[6.1 Release Checklist]]''' as template for organization.
+* [[:Category:Releases|Older releases]]
+* "Nightly" Octave releases on https://octave.space
+=== Goals for upcoming releases ===
+As discussed in the [[Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27)]], this wiki section is for a list of possible goals for the next release.  Although anyone may edit the wiki, '''this section is intended for active developers, not a place to dump wishlist items or feature requests'''.  Please create a subsection for your ideas/priorities.
+==== jwe priorities ====
+:''See also [[JWE Project Ideas]] for additional info about some of these items.''
+* Bug fixes, especially those related to compatibility issues.
+* Work through the open bug reports for which patches have been submitted.  Review/apply/reject and close as many of these reports as possible.
+* Refactor/rewrite code for handling load path.
+* Refactor/rewrite exist and which functions.
+* Create a low-level interface to HDF5 functions.
+* Support Matlab's HDF5-based MAT file format using the proposed low-level interface to HDF5 functions.
+** Allow all types of function handles to be saved and loaded.
+** Allow [[classdef]] objects to be saved and loaded.
+* Replace the [[GUI terminal widget|terminal widget in the GUI]].
+* Accept Matlab's new argument validation syntax in parser.
+== [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in progess ==
+* [[Short projects]] -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development.
+* [[Summer of Code Project Ideas]] -- Ideas page for GSoC, SOCIS, ... projects.
+* [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done.
+** [[Classdef]] -- Define own data types using <code>classdef</code>.
+** [[JIT]] -- Just in time compiler for Octave.
+** [[GUI terminal widget]] -- Ideas about a new improved terminal widget.
+** [[International Characters Support]] -- Using Octave in your own language.
+** [[Pythonic]] -- Calling Python functions directly from Octave.
-== Code sprints ==
+== Meetings ==
-* [[2015 Code Sprint]]
-* [[Code sprint Zurich]]
-== [[:Category:Releases|Release procedures]] ==
+* Read about past [[:Category:Meetings | developer meetings]].
-* [[Release Checklist]]
-* [[5.0.0 Release Checklist]]
-** [[Bug Fix List - 5.0 Release]]
 == Other ==
 * [[Project Infrastructure]]
-* [[Status of bugs]] (outdated)
 [[Category:Contents]]