Re: atan2 on 3 dimentional array

[Jaroslav Hajek]

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