Re: Release Ideas

[JohnD]

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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:23:25 -0500
> From: "John W. Eaton" <address@hidden>
> To: Octave Maintainers <address@hidden>
> Subject: Release Ideas
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> It's been a long time since 3.8.0.
> 
> What's required for the gui-release branch to be released?  My list really
only
> has
> 
>    Use Qt widgets for plotting with the GUI
> 
> I've been working a little bit on adding buttons and making zooming work
with
> the mouse wheel.  I hope to push some changes for those things later this
week.
> 
> Beyond that, I think the GUI is in pretty good shape.  Sure, a lot of
issues have
> been reported, but I think it is more than usable at this point.
> 
> I'd like to follow that release relatively soon with a release from what
is now the
> default branch because it has a lot more bug fixes that should probably be
in a
> released version of Octave.
> 
> What show-stopping bugs need to be fixed on either branch before we make a
> release?
> 
> jwe
> 

Not sure if it falls under Qt plotting but including printing using the Qt
widgets rather than having to switch toolkits would be nice.
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?42537