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| {{bug|32839}} || pkg build/install does not work with directories || OP states to close
| {{bug|36954}} || datenum / datevec convert date-time string incorrectly during hour lost to DST || siko1056 suggests closing as won't fix. philipnienhuis changed to Postponed and expresses interest in revisiting.
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| {{bug|36954}} || datenum / datevec convert date-time string incorrectly during hour lost to DST || siko1056 suggests closing as won't fix
| {{bug|40357}} ||OOM when converting from sparse double to sparse logical|| hardy thinks this might be a DUPLICATE, nrjank changed to Need Info, needs better test to determine if the OOM comes from known sparse indexing issue or something else.
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| {{bug|38134}} || [octave forge] (signal) bug in remez|| njank recommends closing
| {{bug|43717}} || rats LEN Matlab incompatibility|| riks states wouldn't bother to fix this as Octave's solution seems better, but points out that default length has changed and Octave should perhaps follow that change.
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| {{bug|38297}} || [octave forge] (signal) bilinear not compatible with Matlab || njank suggests this is resolved
| {{bug|45404}} || Breakpoints cannot be set in classdef methods or +package function files|| package part fixed. classdef part remains. jwe suggest closing either this or {{bug|46451}} and tracking classdef on the one that remains, or close both and make a new report. changed to Need Info for someone familiar to decide what would be best for tracking the issue after 2 yrs of dormancy.
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| {{bug|39243}} || patch {x,y,z,c}data properties are not independent || hardy states original issue seems to be FIXED now
| {{bug|48088}} || document that issquare, iscolumn, isempty, etc operate on cell arrays|| documentation patch candidate submitted and needs review.
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| {{bug|39249}} ||imread and 32 bit (float) TIFF images || rik5 suggested closing
| {{bug|49091}} || MinGW std::acosh less accurate than Linux versions || rik5 states This and {{bug|48312}} were supposed to be closed at the same time. mmuetzel notes that these tests are still failing on windows and should remain open.
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| {{bug|40357}} ||OOM when converting from sparse double to sparse logical|| hardy thinks this might be a DUPLICATE
| {{bug|49360}} ||odeset lacks documentation for solver options || Needs someone to review and make a to-do list.
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| {{bug|40739}} ||Attempt to allocate (size_t)-1 bytes when trying to length-INT_MAX create sparse vector|| hardy states it might well be FIXED already.  
| {{bug|54679}} || datenum accepts a matrix, which is undocumented || apjanke provided a patch.  patch updated to current default tip and nrjank suggests ready to push.
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| {{bug|41661}} || [octave forge] (generate_html) generate_package_html page header contains wrong links || cdf (OP) asks this item still relevant
| {{bug|55065}} || Implement uiopen and uisave || rik states they would be easy to implement
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| {{bug|42118}} || COW memory issues when extracting small slices from large arrays||rik5 isn't worth the maintenance burden
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| {{bug|42282}} || overloaded vertcat fails if some rows contain only built-in types|| cmb suggests this is a DUPLICATE
| {{bug|58530}} || missing functions: xline() and yline() || rik states I can dust them off and add them to Octave - updated unimplemented_functions list but has postponed attention until after v7.1.
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| {{bug|42421}} || "find" function overflows for large sparse matrices || appears issue is resolved
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| {{bug|43327}} || dir function is too slow|| siko1056 suggests to close as won't fix.
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| {{bug|43717}} || rats LEN Matlab incompatibility|| riks states wouldn't bother to fix this as Octave's solution seems better.
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| {{bug|44130}} || [octave forge] (statistics) mvncdf outputs different results for same input parameters || mangosauce35 states not a bug but a matter of precision
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| {{bug|44971}} || [octave forge] (generate_html) fails to generate "See also" hyperlinks|| jbect questions if it is a DUPLICATE
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| {{bug|45166}} || [octave forge] (communications) typos in function docstrings || appears can be closed
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| {{bug|45390}} || [octave forge] (communications) finddelay function|| appears can be closed
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| {{bug|45404}} || Breakpoints cannot be set in classdef methods or +package function files|| jwe suggest closing this
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| {{bug|45650}} || [octave forge] (communications) 'fmmod.m' help does not mention its last parameter (freqdev) || appears can be closed
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| {{bug|45944}} || eig(X,'nobalance') does not exist in Octave vs. Matlab || nir_krakauer shows this has been implemented
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| {{bug|46601}} || Command window problems on secondary portrait monitor || rik5 suggest
likely to have been fixed.
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| {{bug|46640}} || [octave forge] (statistics) Can't install if io is not loaded || lostbard asks if anyone still has this issue
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| {{bug|47496}} || Values in Workspace view are limited by 10 numbers || mtmiller states let's just call this won't fix
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| {{bug|47553}} || textscan Whitespace characters different from Matlab|| lachlan states You're welcome to close it
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| {{bug|48088}} || document that issquare, iscolumn, isempty, etc operate on cell arrays|| pot states this is probably good enough
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| {{bug|48740}} || fieldnames(obj,'-full') || OP states now this bug is fixed.
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| {{bug|49072}} || assigning double arrays to cell arrays: matlab incompatibility? || mtmiller states may also be closed later as won't fix if no one reports any interest in working on this
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| {{bug|49091}} || MinGW std::acosh less accurate than Linux versions || rik5 states
This and {{bug|48312}} were supposed to be closed at the same time.
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| {{bug|49135}} || gnuplot: Default font must be set for "windows" terminal || rik5 states was implemented on stable branch prior to 4.2 and the default after
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| {{bug|49275}} || history_append: new boolean option to mimic bash "histappend" option || hardy states I think I will let it rest in peace.
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| {{bug|49360}} ||odeset lacks documentation for solver options || siko1056 on 28.09.2018 So maybe leave it open for another two years.
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| {{bug|50369}} || FLTK uimenu position inconsistent || rik5 questions the bugs merit
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| {{bug|50502}} || [octave forge] (optim) nonlin_curvefit crash in 1.5.2 || OP explicitly asks to close this bug
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| {{bug|60515}} || trace documentation || jwe asks if there is anything to fix
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| {{bug|60652}} || Console becomes unusable after a few minutes of use || OP never reported back
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| {{bug|60763}} || use of function 'properties' within a classdef appears to confuse parser || jwe asks to close report
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| {{patch|7537}} || Handle matlab way to store cell arrays in hdf5 files.|| nrjank states otherwise close bug as a 'won't fix'
| {{patch|7537}} || Handle matlab way to store cell arrays in hdf5 files.|| nrjank states otherwise close bug as a 'won't fix'
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| {{patch|7825}} || built-in versions of base2dec and dec2base|| sebald states The fix is simple
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| {{patch|8046}} || [octave forge] (nan): ranks function - add support for multi-D arrays|| nrjank states patch likely can be closed.
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| {{patch|8369}} ||  [octave forge] (image): imresize - Change to imresize to reduce memory footprint || fgnievinski suggests this is a duplicate of a bug and requests someone please close the present one.
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| {{patch|8666}} || doc: adjusting octave examples test to exactly match output || siko1056 asks if anyone want to work on this otherwise we should close this item.
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| {{patch|8870}} || [octave forge] (odepkg) add metainfo.xml file for Gnome Software || nrjank asks if this patch be closed
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| {{patch|9066}} || [octave forge] (communications) rcosfir: new function (deprecated but still present in Matlab) || nir_krakauer states yes, it can be closed.
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| {{patch|9631}} || [octave forge] (benchmark) overhaul || mtmiller considers dropping this patch
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| {{patch|9693}} || [octave forge] (signal) sos2ss: new function || mtmiller states on 2018.09.26 feel free to ping or push if it gets to be the end of October
| {{patch|9693}} || [octave forge] (signal) sos2ss: new function || mtmiller states on 2018.09.26 feel free to ping or push if it gets to be the end of October
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A list of patch reports with attachments not marked "Done or Cancelled" can be viewed in the SavannaAPI, [https://octave.space/savannah/api.php?Action=get&Format=HTMLCSS&OrderBy=SubmittedOn&OpenClosed=open&TrackerID=patch&AttachedFiles!=0&Category!=Forge,website&Status!=Done,Cancelled sorted by oldest first] or [https://octave.space/savannah/api.php?Action=get&Format=HTMLCSS&OrderBy=LastComment&OpenClosed=open&TrackerID=patch&AttachedFiles!=0&Category!=Forge,website&Status!=Done,Cancelled sorted by "longest since last comment" first]. While some of these older submissions may still be viable and just need a patch refresh to the current code base, many will have become out of date or rendered inapplicable due to code or function changes, and could be closed as 'Wont Fix'.


== See also ==
== See also ==

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bug bug title status
#36954 datenum / datevec convert date-time string incorrectly during hour lost to DST siko1056 suggests closing as won't fix. philipnienhuis changed to Postponed and expresses interest in revisiting.
#40357 OOM when converting from sparse double to sparse logical hardy thinks this might be a DUPLICATE, nrjank changed to Need Info, needs better test to determine if the OOM comes from known sparse indexing issue or something else.
#43717 rats LEN Matlab incompatibility riks states wouldn't bother to fix this as Octave's solution seems better, but points out that default length has changed and Octave should perhaps follow that change.
#45404 Breakpoints cannot be set in classdef methods or +package function files package part fixed. classdef part remains. jwe suggest closing either this or #46451 and tracking classdef on the one that remains, or close both and make a new report. changed to Need Info for someone familiar to decide what would be best for tracking the issue after 2 yrs of dormancy.
#48088 document that issquare, iscolumn, isempty, etc operate on cell arrays documentation patch candidate submitted and needs review.
#49091 MinGW std::acosh less accurate than Linux versions rik5 states This and #48312 were supposed to be closed at the same time. mmuetzel notes that these tests are still failing on windows and should remain open.
#49360 odeset lacks documentation for solver options Needs someone to review and make a to-do list.
#54679 datenum accepts a matrix, which is undocumented apjanke provided a patch. patch updated to current default tip and nrjank suggests ready to push.
#55065 Implement uiopen and uisave rik states they would be easy to implement
#58530 missing functions: xline() and yline() rik states I can dust them off and add them to Octave - updated unimplemented_functions list but has postponed attention until after v7.1.

The equivalent suggestions for patches.

patch patch title status
#7537 Handle matlab way to store cell arrays in hdf5 files. nrjank states otherwise close bug as a 'won't fix'
#9693 [octave forge] (signal) sos2ss: new function mtmiller states on 2018.09.26 feel free to ping or push if it gets to be the end of October

A list of patch reports with attachments not marked "Done or Cancelled" can be viewed in the SavannaAPI, sorted by oldest first or sorted by "longest since last comment" first. While some of these older submissions may still be viable and just need a patch refresh to the current code base, many will have become out of date or rendered inapplicable due to code or function changes, and could be closed as 'Wont Fix'.

See also