Re: [OctDev] octave contribution

[Paul K. <pki...@us...>]

I believe a partial implementation that can be improved is better than 
nothing at all.

If the function has the same name as a matlab function, then the same 
parameters should return the same results as matlab (unless there is a 
very good reason not to).  You do not need to implement all of matlab 
functionality, and you can include extensions beyond matlab 
functionality. 100% compatibility is not required.

Functions not in matlab are also acceptable if they are broadly useful 
and sometimes even if they are not.

Post the function to the list, and someone will probably add it to the 
archive.  A clear license statement is required (public domain, BSD or 
GPL) as is minimal documentation.  Good documentation helps.  Test 
cases and demos make it easier for me to check that it works on my 
system, and makes it more likely that I will include it.

- Paul

On Nov 24, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Clemens Novak wrote:

> Hi,
>
> my name is Clemens and I'd like to help a bit with octave...  I'm new 
> to this list so please forgive my (possibly) stupid questions.
> How close does octave-forge try to imitate matlab ? i am quite 
> familiar with matlab & recognized quite a lot of functions, but some 
> (and rather simple ones like upsample, downsample,...) seem to be 
> missing ?
>
> I've written a short function which imitates upsample from matlab but 
> only for vectors  (I'm not sure but think in matlab upsample works 
> with matrices as well) Would you accept it as it is or is it more a 
> '100% like matlab or nothing' approach ?
>
> How does the contribution of scripts / functions work ? do i have to 
> commit the stuff via cvs or is it ok to send them to this list ?
>
> Thanks for your help - regards,
>
> Clemens
>
>
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