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== Help reviewing Octave-Forge packages ==
== Help reviewing Octave Forge packages ==


We need help. Here is how:
We need help. Here is how:
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[ ] release candidate installs on latest stable Octave release
[ ] release candidate installs on latest stable Octave release
[ ] no compiler errors or warnings
[ ] no compiler errors or warnings
[ ] ran tests using <code>runtests /path/to/pkg</code>
[ ] ran tests using <code>runtests /path/to/pkg</code> (use <code>oruntests</code> instead in Octave 6.0.0 or later)
[ ] ran all tests, including those in src (how??)
[ ] ran all tests, including those in src (how??)
[ ] ran doctest on all functions (optional)
[ ] ran doctest on all functions (optional)
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[ ] version number in src/configure.ac (if present) matches DESCRIPTION and tarball name.
[ ] version number in src/configure.ac (if present) matches DESCRIPTION and tarball name.
[ ] any version numbers within the help or function body (e.g., banners) matches above.
[ ] any version numbers within the help or function body (e.g., banners) matches above.
[ ] contains no hidden dot files, junk backup files, results of configure runs, etc (should be taken care of by maintainer Makefile).
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TODO:  how does one check all functions are listed in INDEX?
TODO:  how does one check all functions are listed in INDEX?
: Carne Draug wrote a script to do this several years ago. It is in the [https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/octave-forge/admin/check_INDEX.pl old OF admin repository] [[User:KaKiLa|KaKiLa]] ([[User talk:KaKiLa|talk]]) 07:56, 20 November 2019 (PST)


TODO: document how to run "all tests including those in src"  Someday this should be just "pkg test foo".
TODO: document how to run "all tests including those in src"  Someday this should be just "pkg test foo".
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