[Scilab-users] Scilab 5.4 Release

[Vincent COUVERT]

Hi Antoine,

A fix for this bug is currently under review. These memory leaks will be 
fixed in tomorrow nightly-builds.

Regards,
Vincent COUVERT

Le 25/09/12 11:05, Antoine Monmayrant a écrit :
> On 25/09/2012 10:56, Vincent COUVERT wrote:
>> Dear Patrick,
>>
>> Thanks for your email, feedbacks and encouragements.
>>
>> We are currently working on Scilab 5.4.0 future version in order to 
>> release it next week.
>>
>> Indeed, nightly builds and beta versions are development versions and 
>> can be buggy. 5-10 minutes drop-out bug is known and have already 
>> been fixed as you have probably noticed in the nightly build.
> Sorry to hijack the conversation but is bug #11257 (memory leak in 
> graphics) solved in the recent nightly?
> Last time I checked a nightly, the issue was there.
> Even with the workaround proposed in 
> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11257#c6 graphics were 
> unusable for me and my colleagues.
> That's a show stopper for us if 5.4 ships with such a bug .... :-(
>
> Antoine
>
>
>
>>
>> Dealing with the help pages issue, we have had an issue with the 
>> Japanese documentation which has impacted the rest, but be reassured, 
>> it will be corrected for the final version release. Do you confirm 
>> that you tried to use the Japanese version or could it be another 
>> problem?
>>
>> Concerning our market positioning and future offer, we indeed plan to 
>> have a Long Term Support version of Scilab for subscriptors, and that 
>> will include support and maintenance. We have officially announced it 
>> during our last ScilabTEC. LTS versions will likely be available next 
>> year.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vincent COUVERT
>>
>> Le 25/09/12 09:32, Blee, Patrick a écrit :
>>> Hi,
>>> Firstly, congrats on the development -- certainly a mammoth task but 
>>> the continual improvement of Scilab/xcos environment is clearly 
>>> evident !
>>> Whilst I start on a positive note, I'm afraid to report my journey 
>>> to Scilab/Xcos, through Scicos, has been fraught with difficulties.
>>> The main one has always been _stability_.
>>> Firstly, the improvement in the user environment going from 5.3.x to 
>>> 5.4.x has been immense.
>>> However, none of the versions I have downloaded have been stable -- 
>>> scilab has always bombed out when I was modifying an xcos file or 
>>> indeed an xcos subsystem has corrupted the simulation and, again, 
>>> crashed scilab.
>>> I briefly tried the most up-to-date 5.4 version yesterday (nightly 
>>> build)  - but it had no help files -- while 5.4 beta 3 suffered the 
>>> 5-10 minute drop-out.
>>> This is frustrating as there is so much potential in the package -- 
>>> particularly in how it links in so many user-contributed toolboxes.
>>> Whilst the above may sound negative, believe me, it is not intended 
>>> to be -- I think this package is going to take Simulation tools to 
>>> an interesting place !
>>> I have 2 questions today:
>>>
>>>  1. Have you an idea as to when v5.4 will reach the end of the
>>>     present development phase and be bug-free?
>>>  2. Is the long-term plan to hand over/sell Scilab to a Corporate
>>>     player, introducing a pricing strategy?
>>>     (This would be a concern from my perspective as the
>>>     Open-Architecture and Freeware nature of the package to date is
>>>     a real attraction to the Student/Hobby fraternity -- possibly
>>>     encouraging people to enter the field of Engineering down the line).
>>>
>>> Best of luck with the on-going development and I hope to hear from 
>>> you soon,
>>> Patrick
>>>
>>>
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