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: ''See also [https://octave.discourse.group/t/online-developer-meeting-2020-11-10-the-future-of-octave-packages/349 Discourse].'' | : ''See also [https://octave.discourse.group/t/online-developer-meeting-2020-11-10-the-future-of-octave-packages/349 Discourse].'' | ||
=== | === The package legacy in Savannah === | ||
When reporting an Octave (core) bug on https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave you are "greeted" with '''1523 open bug reports''' of which [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave&func=browse&set=custom&msort=0&status_id=1&resolution_id=0&submitted_by=0&assigned_to=0&category_id=108&bug_group_id=0&severity=0&priority=0&summary=&details=&advsrch=0&msort=0&chunksz=100&spamscore=5&report_id=101&sumORdet=0&morder=bug_id%3C&sumOrdet=0&offset=0#results '''330 reports (22%)'''] belong to Octave Forge packages and '''240 (15%) are older than a year'''. | When reporting an Octave (core) bug on https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave you are "greeted" with '''1523 open bug reports''' of which [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave&func=browse&set=custom&msort=0&status_id=1&resolution_id=0&submitted_by=0&assigned_to=0&category_id=108&bug_group_id=0&severity=0&priority=0&summary=&details=&advsrch=0&msort=0&chunksz=100&spamscore=5&report_id=101&sumORdet=0&morder=bug_id%3C&sumOrdet=0&offset=0#results '''330 reports (22%)'''] belong to Octave Forge packages and '''240 (15%) are older than a year'''. | ||
* They are not likely to be closed or worked on and leave a maintenance burden and bad impression (user requests for unmaintained packages are ignored there) back to Octave (core) | * They are not likely to be closed or worked on and leave a maintenance burden and bad impression (user requests for unmaintained packages are ignored there) back to Octave (core). | ||
Ideas: | |||
* Ignore and collect requests to infinity? | * Ignore and collect requests to infinity? | ||
* Close bugs of inactive packages older than X years? (Drop the illusion, that someone ever will fix it.) | * Close bugs of inactive packages older than X years? (Drop the illusion, that someone ever will fix it.) | ||
* Octave Forge suggests to [https://octave.sourceforge.io/support-help.php use the Savannah Bug tracker] for bug reports. Drop this announcement? | * Octave Forge suggests to [https://octave.sourceforge.io/support-help.php use the Savannah Bug tracker] for bug reports. Drop this announcement? | ||
* Reopen the [https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/bugs/ old Octave Forge bug tracker]? | * Reopen the [https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/bugs/ old Octave Forge bug tracker]? | ||
== Ideas for next meeting == | == Ideas for next meeting == | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* Next meeting: | * Next meeting: TBA | ||
* Last meeting: [[Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27)]] | * Last meeting: [[Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27)]] | ||
[[Category:2020]] | [[Category:2020]] | ||
[[Category:Meetings]] | [[Category:Meetings]] |