Re: CRM will be hosting OctConf 2012!

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

2012/1/13 Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
> On Jan 13, 2012, at 9:06 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>

>> We should also start thinking about topics of discussion annd
>> problems to tackle, plus preparing presentation materials for new
>> users and a general audience. The GUI and making OpenGL default
>> (perhaps even deprecating fltk in favour of Qt) seem like some
>> example of big goals we could handle working face-to-face.
>
> I'd like to see some developers with MacOS, Linux, and Windows sit
> down and try to hash out some of the fltk bugs.
>
> See bugs: 31518, 31976, 32134, 32276, and 34720.

Thes definitely sound like worthwhile ideas. Do you want to start
adding them to the wiki? Perhaps a new section, "Suggestions for
discussion" or something like that:

    http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=OctConf_2012

> It would also be nice to run through the bug list and clean up
> duplicates, reports that aren't really bugs, etc. I've tried to do
> that from time to time, but am uncomfortable making such decisions
> in isolation. Maybe that can be done in combination with the code
> sprints ?

A code sprint to clean up the bug tracker sounds like a good plan. It
makes a world of a difference to work face-to-face, even if we're all
staring at our laptops.

I am really looking forward to this.

- Jordi G. H.