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Re: atan2 on 3 dimentional array
From: |
Jaroslav Hajek |
Subject: |
Re: atan2 on 3 dimentional array |
Date: |
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:26:17 +0200 |
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:14 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 16-Jul-2008, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
>
> | > BTW, we could really use a release manager for the stable branch.
> | > Would anyone like to contribute by doing that?
> |
> | What exactly should the rm do?
>
> I have the following tasks in mind:
>
> * Monitor Octave bug reports and apply patches from the main development
> branch to the stable branch.
>
> In some instances this job is trivial, but in others it requires
> some care as the two branches may diverge so that patches don't
> apply cleanly, or a change to the development branch might not be
> appropriate for the stable branch (e.g., it changes an interface
> that would break binary compatibility for .oct files). In the
> latter case, maybe there is another fix that can be made that
> doesn't break compatibility, or the fix may have to be deferred to
> the release of the next major version. Ideally, only bug fixes
> (and perhaps only fixes for regressions from previous releases)
> should be applied, as I think the goal for the stable branch
> should be stability. But currently we tend to apply patches that
> are "safe", even if they fix bugs that are not regressions from
> previous releases.
>
> * Make periodic releases from the stable branch.
>
> jwe
>
It sounds like something I could handle. However, I guess I'll need
some guidance at first,
as well as gaining practice with Mercurial. If you're ready for
answering close-to-stupid questions for some time, then I feel up to
the job :)
regards
--
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz