Re: Release 3.4.1

[Orion Poplawski]

On 04/04/2011 02:50 PM, Rik wrote:
> On 04/04/2011 07:14 AM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> > Are there changes that break binary compatibility or any otherwise
> > risky changes that have been applied to the default branch since the
> > 3.4.0 release?
> Is there a simple way to let Octave answer this question rather than having
> to review all the changesets?
>
> I'm only guessing at a process, but it would be something like this:
> 1) compile and install version 3.4.1
> 2) run octave-3.4.0
> 3) switch all library references over to the 3.4.1 libraries using path,
> EXEC_PATH, and any other internal variables necessary.
> 4) run the full test suite and see if it passes.
>
> --Rik

You could submit octave to:

http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/

I've found that quite helpful.  Be sure to point them to the development 
source as well.


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