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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). | ||
<strike>Ideas: | <strike>Ideas: | ||
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* pkg tool as package | * pkg tool as package | ||
** If synchronized with Octave core, no usage of "if version ... else ..." code | ** If synchronized with Octave core, no usage of "if version ... else ..." code | ||
** Watch out for problems with encodings (treated differently in older Octave versions | ** Watch out for problems with encodings (treated differently in older Octave versions) | ||
** Treatment of <code>pkg install -forge</code> if package moved away from Octave Forge | ** Treatment of <code>pkg install -forge</code> if package moved away from Octave Forge | ||
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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]] |