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3.1.50 snapshot
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:48 -0400
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1 This directory contains development snapshots of Octave.
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3 If you want a stable, well-tested version of Octave, you should be
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4 looking at ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave.
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6 Development snapshots are provided for people who want to help test,
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7 debug, and improve Octave. Very little testing is done before making
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8 the development snapshots and they may even be made when Octave is in
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9 an inconsistent state. It is possible that you will encounter a very
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10 obvious bug, such as failure to compile on *any* machine. It is
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11 likely that such bugs will be fixed by the next development snapshot,
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12 so it really isn't necessary to report them unless they persist over
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13 more than one snapshot.
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15 Please DO report other bugs in the development snapshots as soon as you
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16 find them by sending a message to maintainers@octave.org.
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18 If you have a fix for a bug, or an enhancement to submit, send your
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19 patch to maintainers@octave.org. Here are some simple
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20 guidelines for submitting patches:
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22 o Use "context diffs" for patches. A typical command for
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23 generating context diffs is "diff -rc octave-old octave-new".
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25 o Use the "minimalist approach" for patches. That is, each patch
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26 should address only one particular bug, new feature, etc. Do not
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27 save up many unrelated changes and submit them all in one big
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28 patch, since in general, the larger the patch the more difficult
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29 it is for me to decide if the patch is either correct or
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30 desirable.
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32 o Submit a sample ChangeLog entry with your patch. See the
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33 existing Octave ChangeLog for examples of what a ChangeLog entry
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34 should look like.
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37 Thanks,
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39 John W. Eaton
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40 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu
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41 University of Wisconsin-Madison
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42 Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
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