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=== Octave 7 ===
=== Octave 7 ===


* Octave 7 release activities and timeline (merge date, call for translations, new features, stabilization, approx. final release date, ...)
* Octave 7.1.0 release activities and timeline
** [[7.1 Release Checklist]]
** Merge default to stable now
** '''No new features anymore''' (explain on Octave Discourse @jwe?)
*** Focus on stabilization
*** Bugs to be fixed marked on Savannah with "7.0.90" or "Octave 7" on https://octave.space/savannah/
** Go through "ready for test" list, close as much as possible
** Call for translations
*** https://octave.discourse.group/t/how-to-update-the-gui-translation-files/1834
** Approx. final release date (early 2022)


=== MXE Octave merge strategy ===
=== MXE Octave merge strategy ===
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=== UCRT version of Octave? ===
=== UCRT version of Octave? ===


* Should we distribute an UCRT version of Octave for Windows? See: [https://octave.discourse.group/t/1821 Windows, UTF-8, and UCRT - yet another variant of Octave on Windows?]
* Should we distribute an UCRT version of Octave for Windows?
** Probably changes inside Octave necessary as well.
** See: [https://octave.discourse.group/t/1821 Windows, UTF-8, and UCRT - yet another variant of Octave on Windows?]
 
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=== [Bus factor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor) ===
 
* Octave needs more documentation of release tasks.
** E.g. https://octave.discourse.group/t/how-to-update-the-gui-translation-files/1834
 
* jwe updates [[Project Infrastructure]] page.
 
* Start an Octave Discourse thread about ideas how to ensure project continuity.


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