Re: Contribution

[Carnë Draug]

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On 11 August 2014 18:22, Erasmo Alonso Iglesias <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: address@hidden
>> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:30:42 +0100
>> Subject: Re: Contribution
>> To: address@hidden
>> CC: address@hidden
>>
>> On 9 August 2014 18:17, Erasmo Alonso Iglesias <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> > this is my first time in the octave-maintainers list, my Sourceforge
>> > username is erasmo1982. I have developed a small set of tools for
>> > handling
>> > DEM files with Octave that may be useful for other people.
>> >
>> > In brief, these tools allow the user to load digital elevation models in
>> > SRTM format, plot terrain profiles, calculate coverage maps and export
>> > data
>> > in STL format.
>> >
>> > Would it be of interest for you? What is the procedure to contribute
>> > with
>> > them?
>>
>> These functions sound to me like they should go into the mapping
>> package. Unfortunately, at the time there is no maintainer for it. Are
>> there any functions in Matlab that do what you propose? If so, you
>> should try to make them compatible. The procedure is to submit these
>> as patches in the Octave's patch tracker [1]. Ideally, you would clone
>> the mapping package [2], and submit hg changesets (made with the
>> command "hg export") [3].
>>
>> Carne
>>
>> [1] http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=octave
>> [2] http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/mapping/ci/default/tree/
>> [3]
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Basics-of-Generating-a-Changeset.html#Basics-of-Generating-a-Changeset
>
> Thank you for your guidelines about the right procedure to submit the files
> :)
>
> I don't know if there are similar functions in Matlab. If anybody have
> infomation about that please let me know, I can try to make them compatible,
>
> best regards,
> Erasmo
>