Re: release plans

[Lukas Reichlin]

On 21.12.2011, at 16:12, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:58 AM, "John W. Eaton" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I intend to make another test release snapshot today (3.5.91).
>> 
>> Are there any more critical bugs that must be fixed before the 3.6.0
>> release?
>> 
>> Should https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34720 still be considered a
>> blocker if we are not switching to fltk as the default graphics
>> toolkit?
>> 
>> Jordi, do you have a draft of the broadcasting documentation that you
>> can share?
>> 
>> jwe
> 
> Quick comment from my phone.
> 
> I'd like to include Phillip's strread patch (bug 34734).
> 
> Theres a MacOS fix for 34720 which also works for me on Ubuntu (or it did a 
> while back). My impression is that there is a problem on some Linux systems 
> (?).
> 
> I'll reply again later after I verify it's still working for me.
> 
> Ben

I'd like to have bug #35114 [1] fixed. Octave 3.5.90 breaks the control 
package, at least on Mac OS X 10.6. Some other platforms may be affected as 
well.
Since I develop the control package on 10.6, breaking it by Octave 3.6.0 would 
be a very frustrating experience for me.

Lukas

[1]
bug #35114: Octave 3.5.90: mkoctfile fails to link against BLAS/LAPACK
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35114