Re: 4.0.1 and 4.2 releases

[Michael Godfrey]

On 12/09/2015 09:49 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> I will try to work on a 4.0.1 in the next week or so.  I think we 
> should make that release soon to provide a stable version of Octave 
> with the collection of bug fixes that have been made in the last few 
> months.
>
> Then I would like to focus on a 4.2 release and possibly make that 
> within the first few months of 2016.  Given the large amount of 
> restructuring that has happened because of the change to using 
> exceptions for error handling in the Octave C++ sources it will become 
> very difficult to merge any changes from stable to default.  So making 
> the 4.2 release from the default branch will probably help us with 
> maintenance.
>
> Comments?
>
> jwe
John,

As you well know, I am usually in favor of keeping the time difference
between released code and development versions a short as possible.
So, getting the 4.0.1 release done soon is a good first step.  The bigger
challenge will be to make a prompt release of 4.2. Have you thought
about whether 4.2 or 5.0 is appropriate?  In any case, I would go for
"the sooner the better."

In any case, over all the progress seems very encouraging.

Michael