Re: 4.0 release goals

[Michael Goffioul]

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:

On Nov 1, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> I would like to propose some rather ambitious goals for 4.0, and I
> think we should be bold enough to use a major version number.
>
> In case you missed it in the help list, there's an interesting thread
> about the GUI. Israel Herraiz forked it and stabilised it:
>
>    http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/When-will-the-new-GUI-be-ready-tp4645798p4645846.html
>
> I would like to prioritise getting the GUI stabilised so we can start
> contemplating making a release. I think our 4.0 release goals should
> be:
>
>    - fltk enabled by default
>    - Stable GUI
>    - JIT compiling working
>    - Windows and Mac OS X binaries
>
> We're already made many inroads into many of these goals. What do you
> guys think, can we do it?
>
> - Jordi G. H.

Michael,

Any chance we can merge Qthandles into Octave.

I don't think there's anything preventing it, but lack of time. Atm I'm still trying to catch up to fix compilation on my system after the big source re-organization.

Michael.