Online Developer Meeting (2023-02-28): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:12, 19 February 2023

Future of buildbot.octave.space:
- The current worker node the Buildbot system uses will be decommissioned by end of March.
- Kai cannot use the new system due to a different setup and Kai cannot sponsor a powerful substitute himself.
- In general a worker for the 4 mxe builds should be equipped with at least 2 CPUs, 4 GB RAM, and 40 GB storage (estimated, the more the better. Kai never really tested for a minimal setup). If only a single worker is used, the builds might now finish withing 24 hours.

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.

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)

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 == Today's topics ==
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+* Future of buildbot.octave.space:
+** The current worker node the Buildbot system uses will be decommissioned by end of March.
+** Kai cannot use the new system due to a different setup and Kai cannot sponsor a powerful substitute himself.
+** In general a worker for the 4 mxe builds should be equipped with at least 2 CPUs, 4 GB RAM, and 40 GB storage (estimated, the more the better.  Kai never really tested for a minimal setup).  If only a single worker is used, the builds might now finish withing 24 hours.
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