Re: TODO for 3.0

[David Bateman]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On  8-Jun-2007, David Bateman wrote:
>
> | * The major point is the plotting chapter really needs to be reworked..
> | This was on hold for the question of whether there would be any further
> | changes in the plotting code for 3.0 to be resolved.
>
> Yes, I agree that the plotting chapter will need some work.  Also, I
> think we need a very visible note at the front of the chapter and in
> the release announcement that says that although Octave graphics are
> more compatible with Matlab than ever before, Octave currently
> supports only a small (though quite useful) subset of the ginormously
> large number of properties and features of the Matlab graphics
> system.  I'm sure we'll still be bombarded with more "my graphics
> don't work like in Matlab, you guys sure are losers if you can't make
> it work for me" kinds of messages than anyone here really wants to
> see, but at least we can have something to point them to and say "no,
> you're the idiot for not reading the manual before you decided to
> whine about it here".
>
> Or, we could delay the release until graphics are fully compatible.
> But I'm voting for release soon.  That way, I konw there will be
> something to look forward to.
>
>   
If this is a ToDo list for 3.0, I'd suggest only the following

* Any outstanding plotting changes should be included...
* The manual needs further work.. See my message
http://www.nabble.com/symbol-table-changes-for-private-functions%2C-classes%2C-etc.-tf3729648.html#a11115838
* Get the pkg command to a state that debian packagers will accept it.
* bug fixes

and that's it.. Anything else should be treated on a case by case
whether it goes into 3.0 or delayed till 3.1 now.. In any case, I'm only
looking at points 2 and 3 now, and the spline stuff was just incidental
to that :-)

Regards
David

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