Re: t-value

[David Bateman]

Jonathan Stickel wrote:
>
> I have a couple comments about octave development.  Although I am a
> small-fry contributor to open-source projects, mostly octave related,
> I think I generally understand the process.  To maintain control, not
> everyone is allowed to check code in directly.  That is fine. 
> Instead, there is usually a process where everyone can contribute by
> submitting bugs, etc.  For octave this is done by submitting patches
> (now changesets) to the lists.  JWE and others do a great job
> responding appropriately and checking stuff in.  However, this is not
> as transparent as it could be, and occasionally some submissions get
> missed or forgotten, and the contributor doesn't always know the
> status of his/her contribution (take this thread as an example).  I
> prefer a web interface bug submission process where all can see and
> keep track of the submissions.  I realize effort would be needed to
> set up this type of system, but I think it is worthwhile.  What do
> others think?

Sure, I think we all agree.. The only issue is someone to do the work
and having a bug tracker that transparent interfaces to mailed bug
reports .. There was a trial Debian bug tracker for Octave set up
recently. Check the thread

http://www.nabble.com/Debbugs-bugtracker-testbed-for-Octave--to16046283.html

If you feel highly motivated by this issue, I think others here would
cheer you on if you worked on this..

D.


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