Re: moving toward a 3.0 release

[Søren Hauberg]

ons, 27 09 2006 kl. 11:59 -0400, skrev John W. Eaton:
> At the meeting in April I think we all agreed that we should release
> 3.0 soon.  I know there may be a few bugs remaining but I think that
> the current 2.9.x is such a big improvement over 2.1.x that we should
> start the process of releasing 3.0.  To do that I propose that we
> 
>   Make a 2.9.9 snapshot and label it as the "testing" version on the
>   download page.
> 
>   Move 2.1.73 to the "stable" category on the download page.
> 
>   Aim for bug fixes and improvements in the documentation only for
>   2.9.x until 3.0 is released.  This feature freeze applies primarily
>   to the core Octave interpreter.  I would still consider new
>   functions or compatibility fixes.
> 
> Comments?
Sounds like a very good idea to me. Just one question. How does the
ideas for handle based graphics fit into the feature freeze?

Søren