Re: 4.0 release goals

[tom yengst]

Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh <at> octave.org> writes:

> 
> 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.
> 
> 
I agree with your release goals Jordi - all of them in the 4.0 release.
Each of these capabilities may come at different times, we can always
do 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, etc releases. 4.0 should be a big deal!

Tom