Re: Tablicious in Octave Forge [was: Re: [GSoC 2021] How should I do now with project Table datatype]

[Andrew Janke]

On 3/9/21 11:20 PM, Kai Torben Ohlhus wrote:
> On 3/9/21 5:58 PM, Andrew Janke wrote:
>>
>> On 3/8/21 11:13 PM, Kai Torben Ohlhus wrote:
>>> On 3/8/21 6:51 PM, 陈栋林 wrote:
>>>> I have seen that you are the potential mentors in the project Table
>>>> datatype. How should I do now with this project for applying gsoc?
>>>> How can I make my first contribution? Thank you
>>>
>>> Thank you for your interest in GSoC with Octave.  Yes, I am willing
>>> to mentor a project on creating a Matlab compatible table datatype [1].
>>
>> Since we're on the subject...
>>
>> I know there hasn't been much enthusiasm for this in the past, but is
>> there any chance I could get y'all interested in including Tablicious
>> [1] in Octave Forge as an "External" package? Even if table arrays
>> make it in to core Octave from the GSoC work, I think Tablicious could
>> be useful as a transitional package or to support older versions of
>> Octave (which I think are still in kind-of wide use?). And it also
>> provides datetimes, categoricals, and (half-assed) string arrays.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrew
>>
> 
> 
> Thank you for your offer to support the GSoC project =)
> 
> Your tablicious package is indeed very useful.  I can offer you to
> obtain the necessary rights to access of what is left abandoned of the
> Octave Forge (OF) website and make any necessary changes to add your
> package there.  Just tell me your SourceForge username.

Cool. I'm "ajanke" on SourceForge.

> If you have figured out a working procedure how to add a new package,
> please document it in the wiki [2] including a time estimate.

I'll give it a go!

> It is not like nobody wants to see your package on OF, but all the
> admins having the time and knowledge how to do it without breaking the
> current design, etc. are no longer active.

Totally understandable.

Cheers,
Andrew