On 21 Jan 2010, at 18:43, Joe Strout wrote: > Please understand that I'm not just complaining to complain; I've led > some open-source projects myself, and I've seen that the hardest thing > to get right is the new-user experience. All the experienced users > (and > especially the developers) have long since installed all the extra > stuff, gotten used to all the obscure commands, and otherwise lost > sight > of what hurdles a new (or prospective) user runs into. So, a new user > who takes the time to point out and explain where they've gotten lost, > misdirected, or confused is a helpful resource.
Indeed any help is always apreciated. As your comments are mainly about the OSX port of Octave which is distributed via the octave-forge website http://octave.sourceforge.net and developed in the octave-forge repository at http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/ (the dirctory containing Octave.app related stuff is trunk/octave- forge/admin/MacOSX/) you are encouraged to join the octave-forge mailing list and send there patches to the Octave.app build scripts that implement your suggestions c. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
