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* GSoC progress
* GSoC progress
* VM progress
** Progress was presented by available mentors. Projects are on track.
* Octave packages progress
** Openlibm project concluded that the approach doesn't work. Valuable negative result!
* Octave 7.3 and 8 timeline
** libtiff project will probably implement the classdef as an .m file. (At least the constructor, which is hard/impossible to implement in C++ code. It is not a "normal" DLDFCN). Will probably move from dld to core (libtiff dependency).
* When should a new function go to core or load dynamically?
** If the dependencies are already linked into Octave core -> No big benefit to have it dynamically loaded. More sensible to add in core.
** If function loads a big (new) dependency, it might make sense to load it "on demand". --> dldfcn
* VM progress:
** Petter presented updates on his VM. Good progress. But still a lot to do.
** will incrementally move from fork to default branch as an experimental feature with a configure option to disable it.
** will most likely not be active by default in Octave 8 (either not compiled or de-activated on run-time)
** won't stop the option for alternative VM implementations. Might help to define an "API" for other VM implementations (like Jitter, etc).
* Release process for Octave 7.2:
** About 10 (actual) changes since the last release candidate (about 6 weeks ago). Should we make a second release candidate?
*** No new release candidate. Proceed with a release after some final preparations (e.g., NEWS file).
** Not much feedback for the first release candidate. Should we skip making release candidates entirely and directly make releases? Should we announce them more prominently (e.g., on the web page)?
*** Call for ideas.
* Octave packages progress update
* Managing diversity of libraries (libm, libc etc)
** See [https://octave.discourse.group/t/point-of-openlibm-project-or-if-even-julia-wants-to-shift-away-from-openlibm-do-we-want-to-use-it/2980/  background]
* Octave 7.3 and 8 timeline?


== Previous topics ==
== Previous topics ==
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* Follow up on implementing classdef classes in C++
* Follow up on implementing classdef classes in C++
** jwe presented updates on the classdef functionality.
** jwe presented updates on the classdef functionality.
== See also ==
* Next meeting: [[Online Developer Meeting (2022-08-23)]]
* Last meeting: [[Online Developer Meeting (2022-06-28)]]
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