On 22 Jul 2002 16:28:20 -0400
Raymond Toy <toy@rtp.ericsson.se> wrote:
> >>>>> "Raymond" == Raymond Toy <toy@rtp.ericsson.se> writes:
>
> Raymond> James and I were discussing how the bugs list was getting longer
> Raymond> faster than it was getting shorter and he thought maybe we should have
> Raymond> a release soon. Very briefly, the plan is to get a list of bugs that
> Raymond> "must" be fixed, squash them, create a release candidate, test for
> Raymond> some short time, and the release the final version.
>
> A quick reminder. This is what James wrote a while back on his
> plans. As far as I know, this still holds. I don't know if we're at
> the 5.9.0 or 5.9.2 part. I'm pretty sure we're not at 6.0.0 yet.
>
> Ray
>
>
> Before 5.9.0
> -Comb through mailing list for missed fixes
> -Make Maxima pass all current tests with at least
> -Platforms
> -Linux
> -Lisp implementations
> -GCL
> -CMUCL
> -Clisp
> -Get xmaxima working
>
> Before 5.9.1
> -The Great Source Downcasing
>
> Before 5.9.2
> -Test/fix share packages
>
> Before 6.0.0 (and after 5.9.0)
> -Finalize directory structure
> -Packaging
> -RedHat Linux
> -Debian Linux
> -Windows
> -More tests for test suite
> -Fix, or at least address, all bugs listed in Sourceforge system
>
> During 6.1.X series
> -Work on numerical routines
> -GSL vs Fortran to Lisp, etc.
> -New GUI work
> -Improved Plotting
> _______________________________________________
I vote for this plan. I can help with documentation and testing maxima on linux with the different lisp implementations.
best regards,
Valerij