Re: 4.0 release goals

[Lukas Reichlin]

On 01.11.2012, at 17:59, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> 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.

Hi Jordi

Sounds good, but I think Octave should be released early and often. If all 
these features are ready at once, fine. If not, don't hold them back. I propose 
that the GUI comes with Octave 4.0 (as it is the most notable difference). If 
other features like classdef support or binaries are ready earlier, create 
Octave 3.8 or 3.10, 3.12, … If JIT compiling takes longer than the GUI to 
complete, release it as Octave 4.2. Just my 0.02 SFr.

Best regards,
Lukas