Re: 3.8 Release Candidate Builds

[PhilipNienhuis]

Rik-4 wrote
> Everyone,
> 
> We will soon be in a position to start building release candidates and
> getting feedback on Octave 3.8.  But, we don't need to go to users with an
> RC1 when we already know there are bugs in the build process.  I have
> culled the list of "Configuration and Build System" bugs from savannah and
> put them on the 3.8 Bug Fix List
> (http://wiki.octave.org/3.8_Bug_Fix_List#Bugs_marked_Configuration_and_Build_System).
>  
> And to be thorough, here they are:
> 
>   * Owner: ??? #40358 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40358> Octave
> Java
>     classes missing on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04
>   * Owner: ??? #40356 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40356> Please
> ship an
>     AppData file upstream
>   * Owner: ??? #40321 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40321> MXE /
> MinGW -
>     mkoctfile fails (& doesn't pick up compile flags)
>   * Owner: ??? #40273 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40273> 'sed'
> is used
>     even if a different value for 'SED' is specified during configure
>   * Owner: ??? #40252 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40252> Make
> GUI
>     compatible with both Qt4 and Qt5
>   * Owner: ??? #40111 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40111> Support
>     runtime selection of Java version on Linux and Unix systems
>   * Owner: ??? #39856 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39856> Cannot
> compile
>     an Oct-File in Windows 7 64 or Vista 64 oct file
>   * Owner: ??? #39465 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39465>
> configure
>     needs jvm.dll for Windows builds
>   * Owner: ??? #39454 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39454> Fix
> building
>     core Java support for MinGW builds
>   * Owner: ??? #39446 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39446>
> MXE-Octave:
>     LAPACK build mixes MinGW and MSVC
>   * Owner: ??? #38928 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38928>
> confugure ->
>     hdf5 doesn't handle path through
>   * Owner: ??? #38776 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38776> Tests
> in
>     private functions cannot be tested directly
>   * Owner: ??? #38351 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38351>
> mkoctfile -p
>     returns wrong flags on mingw.
>   * Owner: ??? #36477 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?36477> use XDG
> dirs
>     instead of HOME
>   * Owner: ??? #36064 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?36064>
> MAGICK_X extra
>     flags are shadowed by system CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS
>   * Owner: ??? #35207 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35207> add
> gl2ps to
>     the configure script
>   * Owner: ??? #34301 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34301> Can't
> compile
>     oct files using gcc -fvisibility=hidden option
>   * Owner: ??? #34169 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34169> Support
> -f
>     compiler flags in mkoctfile
> 
> 
> We don't need to fix every one just now, but I think it would be a good
> idea to knock off half of them before we start in with the release
> candidate cycle.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rik

I think Anirudha already has a fix for bug #39465 in his mxe-octave branch.

<OT> I think it is about time that his work gets merged into the 'formal'
mxe-octave branch.

Philip




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