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==== New directions ==== | ==== New directions ==== | ||
===== | ===== pkg-index ===== | ||
* https://gnu-octave.github.io/pkg-index/ | |||
* https://github.com/gnu-octave/pkg-index/ | |||
* Super set of Octave Forge (all packages in latest version included) | |||
* Easy to add, update and delete entries (just one file of meta data) | |||
* Advertise pkg-index as (only) major platform for Octave packages? | |||
* Future development: | |||
** Automated quality checks (dead URLs, pkg installation problems) | |||
===== pkg tool ===== | ===== pkg tool ===== | ||
* Current pkg very interleaved with / limited by Octave Forge <code>-forge</code> | |||
** Abstracting package registry / index? | |||
* Alternatives exist [https://github.com/apjanke/octave-packajoozle octave-packajoozle (pkj)] | |||
* General design: '''Making pkg an Octave package?''' | |||
** Changes to pkg or the package format can be applied to old Octave versions. | |||
** Multiple pkg tools can be developed. | |||
====== Octave package format ====== | |||
* Documented [https://octave.org/doc/v5.2.0/Creating-Packages.html in the Octave manual] | |||
* In general good Octave programming project organization. | |||
* Permitting "DESCRIPTION.md" or "DESCRIPTION.txt" extensions? (Nice highlighting in many modern source code hosting platforms.) | |||
===== General questions ===== | |||
* How to teach people that creating an Octave package is as simple as [https://github.com/gnu-octave/pkg-example pkg-example]? | |||
* Packages must become smaller? | |||
** Split large packages into different functionalities? | |||
== Ideas for next meeting == | == Ideas for next meeting == | ||