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* GSoC updates | * GSoC updates | ||
** '''GSoC successfully completed.''' | |||
** '''Three candidates submitted code.''' | |||
** '''Sarrah spoke about her contributions (Carlo was not present)''' | |||
* Since this is the end of GSoC should Sudeepam' {{bug|46881}} be reviewed for version 8? siko1056 asked why this could not be included in version 7 in 2020. | |||
** Should the GSoC patches/bugs be labeled as (GSoC <yyyy>) so these are easier to catch? | |||
** '''Kai mentioned old GSoC contributions that had not been merged into the tree yet. JWE asked Kai to make a list of such changes, and the people who can review them will need to be rounded up so it can all be merged.''' | |||
* Octave 7.3 and 8 release timeline. | * Octave 7.3 and 8 release timeline. | ||
** Octave 7. 1 was released late (April instead of Jan) and there was interest in releasing Octave 8.1 earlier. Specifics to discuss: | ** Octave 7. 1 was released late (April instead of Jan) and there was interest in releasing Octave 8.1 earlier. Specifics to discuss: | ||
** Should we merge default to stable early? October? | ** Should we merge default to stable early? October? | ||
** Should we skip 7.3 and go straight to 8? | ** Should we skip 7.3 and go straight to 8? | ||
** '''Agreed on releasing 8 according to timeline, so merge default to stable in early November''' | |||
** '''Agreed on releasing 7.3 in October''' | |||
** '''jwe would prefer 8.1 to also list the bugfixes not just the new features. Bugfixes are listed for point releases like 7.2 but not yet for new releases.''' | |||
* | * ```JWE mentioned old submitted patches (not just GSoC) that are languishing in Savannah without being reviewed or accepted. Asked us all to go through patches and review / accept them.``` | ||
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* '''Changing PCRE to PCRE2''' | |||
** '''JWE mentioned having to make those changes in regexp functions, but changes are fairly localized, so hopefully easy to make''' | |||
* '''Add memoize as a feature:''' | |||
** '''Arun will update Guillaume's contribution from last year and seek reviews/push in the next couple of weeks''' | |||
* '''Discussion on adding a hashing algorithm to Octave for Matlab compatibility:''' | |||
** '''JWE and Guillaume discussed Matlab 2022b's behavior on their new dictionary type.''' | |||
** '''JWE thinks Octave should accommodate "double.empty" and similar constructs from Matlab.''' | |||
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