From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Sun Dec 10 15:06:32 2000 Subject: Re: The future of Octave From: Andrew Bainbridge-Smith To: "John W. Eaton" Cc: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 08:06:02 +1100 Hi John, Thanks for your reply. I hope that you didn't interpret my posting as one of criticism --- it wasn't meant in that way. Indeed I am well aware that you've sort assistance to help with documentation work. The point really was that you have managed to maintain the package without any significant forking and keep things moving alone with enthusiasm. I doubt that any single person will come forward to take leadership and put in the effort you have put in. Instead it will (hopefully) be a team, the downside being that forking and divided effort may result (I agree that some forking may be acceptable provided that the overall effort is not lost as a result). When a team takes control there will be a greater need for clear communications and documentation. I take it that perhaps the most significant issue --- that of the home for OCTAVE --- has at least been resolved. I should of course put my hand forward to take on some supporting role. I have employed a student for the summer (Southern hemisphere). As he converts some of my MATLAB m-files to OCTAVE and becomes experienced and fires my enthusiasm I will see if I can make such an effort. WIth much thanks to your efforts, Andrew BS -- Dr Andrew Bainbridge-Smith Senior Research Engineer Vision Technology Development Group CSIRO Manufacturing Science and Technology Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------