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1 This directory contains development releases 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.gnu.org/gnu/octave.
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6 Development releases 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 releases 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
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10 very 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 release,
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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 release.
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15 Please DO report other bugs in the development releases as soon as you
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16 find them by sending a message to octave-maintainers@octave.org (but
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17 first read the bug reporting guidelines provided at
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18 http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/bugs.html).
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20 If you have a fix for a bug, or an enhancement to submit, send your
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21 patch to octave-maintainers@octave.org. Here are some simple
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22 guidelines for submitting patches:
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24 o Use "context diffs" for patches. A typical command for generating
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25 context diffs is "diff -rc octave-old octave-new". If you are
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26 using the Mercurial sources a patch generated with "hg export" is
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27 preferred.
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29 o Use the "minimalist approach" for patches. That is, each patch
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30 should address only one particular bug, new feature, etc. Do not
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31 save up many unrelated changes and submit them all in one big
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32 patch, since in general, the larger the patch the more difficult
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33 it is for me to decide if the patch is either correct or
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34 desirable.
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36 o Submit a sample ChangeLog entry with your patch. See the
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37 existing Octave ChangeLog for examples of what a ChangeLog entry
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40 If you would like to be on the very sharpest part of the bleeding
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41 edge, you can now use Mercurial to access Octave's current development
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42 sources. Instructions for checking out a copy are available on the
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43 web at http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html.
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45 Last updated: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:14:50 EDT