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== Today's topics ==
== Today's topics ==
* Release candidate?
* Release candidate?
** '''First RC released'''
** '''Discussion about automating release process, which is currently manual and error-prone'''
** '''Discussion about whether we can do continuous delivery: head of stable branch would be the released version. No decision yet.'''
** jwe will announce the availability of the first release candidate with a new thread on the Discourse forum.
* Eliminate doc/liboctave?
** See [https://octave.discourse.group/t/eliminate-doc-liboctave/3849 thread on Discourse forum]
** '''Only 3400 lines, maybe 2700 lines without license text'''
** '''JWE aims for the Doxygen to be stable and helpful, like the Qt docs'''
** '''nrjank will look through files to list any with information worth retaining.''' That information should be moved to inline doxygen comments if it is useful.
* Coding style changes
** '''Discussion on where to add content from wiki. Converged to /etc/<something>.''' Maybe split the current HACKING.md file into multiple files for different categories (e.g., style, release process, ...).
** '''C++: specify void or not. Converged to removing void in code that is not (extern) C.'''
** '''C++: brace initialization lists'''
** '''C++: default member initialization'''
** '''C++: Rule of 3 / Rule of 5, move constructors, move operators, etc'''
* [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023 GSOC 2023 timeline]
** Org applications: Jan 23-Feb 7, notified Feb 21 (reapply supposed to be 'easy')
** Contributor proposals: Mar 20-Apr 4, Rankings due 4/27, Selections announced May 4
** '''nrjank will go ahead with preapplication activities: solicit mentor interest from Octave devs, reach out to Nir re application mechanics'''
** '''nrjank will also look into [https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs Google Season of Documentation (GSoD)]'''


== Previous topics ==
== Previous topics ==

Latest revision as of 08:54, 25 January 2023

Today's topics[edit]

  • Release candidate?
    • First RC released
    • Discussion about automating release process, which is currently manual and error-prone
    • Discussion about whether we can do continuous delivery: head of stable branch would be the released version. No decision yet.
    • jwe will announce the availability of the first release candidate with a new thread on the Discourse forum.
  • Eliminate doc/liboctave?
    • See thread on Discourse forum
    • Only 3400 lines, maybe 2700 lines without license text
    • JWE aims for the Doxygen to be stable and helpful, like the Qt docs
    • nrjank will look through files to list any with information worth retaining. That information should be moved to inline doxygen comments if it is useful.
  • Coding style changes
    • Discussion on where to add content from wiki. Converged to /etc/<something>. Maybe split the current HACKING.md file into multiple files for different categories (e.g., style, release process, ...).
    • C++: specify void or not. Converged to removing void in code that is not (extern) C.
    • C++: brace initialization lists
    • C++: default member initialization
    • C++: Rule of 3 / Rule of 5, move constructors, move operators, etc
  • GSOC 2023 timeline
    • Org applications: Jan 23-Feb 7, notified Feb 21 (reapply supposed to be 'easy')
    • Contributor proposals: Mar 20-Apr 4, Rankings due 4/27, Selections announced May 4
    • nrjank will go ahead with preapplication activities: solicit mentor interest from Octave devs, reach out to Nir re application mechanics
    • nrjank will also look into Google Season of Documentation (GSoD)

Previous topics[edit]

  • Octave 8.1 release activities
  • NumFOCUS activities:
    • Only pending item: project address
    • Collect remaining signatures if any
  • How to deal with the increased frequency of crashes involving the qt graphics toolkit?

See also[edit]

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