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* [[Building]] -- General information how to build Octave from source. | * [[Building]] -- General information how to build Octave from source. | ||
** [[Building on Microsoft Windows]] | ** [[Building on Microsoft Windows]] | ||
** [[Building on Ubuntu Virtual Machine]] | |||
* [[Continuous Build]] -- Check changes with [https://buildbot.net/ Buildbot]. | * [[Continuous Build]] -- Check changes with [https://buildbot.net/ Buildbot]. | ||
* [[MXE]] -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows. | * [[MXE]] -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows. | ||
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==== Tools ==== | ==== Tools ==== | ||
* [[Mercurial]] -- How to use Octave's version control scheme. | * [[Mercurial]] -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets). | ||
* [[Doxygen]] -- Documentation for C++ files | * [[Doxygen]] -- Documentation for C++ files | ||
* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- How to faster compile Octave. | * [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- How to faster compile Octave. | ||
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=== [[:Category:Releases|Releasing]] === | === [[:Category:Releases|Releasing]] === | ||
* The next release will be '''GNU Octave | * The next major release will be '''GNU Octave 7.1'''. The release procedure has not yet started. Use '''[[6.1 Release Checklist]]''' as template for organization. | ||
* [[:Category:Releases|Older releases]] | * [[:Category:Releases|Older releases]] | ||
* "Nightly" Octave releases on https://octave.space | |||
== [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in | === Goals for upcoming releases === | ||
As discussed in the [[Online Developer Meeting (2020-10-27)]], this wiki section is for a list of possible goals for the next release. Although anyone may edit the wiki, '''this section is intended for active developers, not a place to dump wishlist items or feature requests'''. Please create a subsection for your ideas/priorities. | |||
==== jwe priorities ==== | |||
:''See also [[JWE Project Ideas]] for additional info about some of these items.'' | |||
* Bug fixes, especially those related to compatibility issues. | |||
* Work through the open bug reports for which patches have been submitted. Review/apply/reject and close as many of these reports as possible. | |||
* Refactor/rewrite code for handling load path. | |||
* Refactor/rewrite exist and which functions. | |||
* Create a low-level interface to HDF5 functions. | |||
* Support Matlab's HDF5-based MAT file format using the proposed low-level interface to HDF5 functions. | |||
** Allow all types of function handles to be saved and loaded. | |||
** Allow [[classdef]] objects to be saved and loaded. | |||
* Replace the [[GUI terminal widget|terminal widget in the GUI]]. | |||
* Accept Matlab's new argument validation syntax in parser. | |||
== [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in progress == | |||
* [[Short projects]] -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development. | * [[Short projects]] -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development. | ||
* [[Summer of Code | * [[Summer of Code - Getting Started]] -- Ideas page for GSoC, SOCIS, ... projects. | ||
* [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done. | * [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done. | ||
** [[Classdef]] -- Define own data types using <code>classdef</code>. | ** [[Classdef]] -- Define own data types using <code>classdef</code>. |