Dev January 2014

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Status of testsuite in master branch
by sebastien＠dynare.org 31 Jan '14

31 Jan '14

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Status of testsuite in master branch
by sebastien＠dynare.org 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

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Treatment of constant-option
by Johannes Pfeifer 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Dear all, the preprocessor currently allows setting ```constant``` and ```noconstant```-options (although they are not fully documented yet). But in ```dynare_estimation_init.m``` any such setting is automatically overwritten by: if all(abs(oo_.steady_state(bayestopt_.mfys))<1e-9) options_.noconstant = 1; else options_.noconstant = 0; end I don't really see the point of keeping the option. Rather the user should specify a correct observation equation. In that case, the current treatment should assure correct results. Best, Johannes

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Upgrading MATLAB requirement to R2007b?
by Sébastien Villemot 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Dynare 4.4 (and unstable) currently require MATLAB >= 7.3 (R2006b), which means that we support MATLAB versions less than 7 years old. I would like to raise the requirement in unstable (and therefore for 4.5) to MATLAB >= 7.5 (R2007b). That would save us various tweaks in the build system, packaging and in the compatibility code. Also, assuming that we release 4.5 one year after 4.4, that means that we would maintain the policy of supporting MATLAB versions less than 7 years old. Is there any objection? -- Sébastien Villemot Researcher in Economics Dynare developer http://www.dynare.org/sebastien

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Status of testsuite in master branch
by sebastien＠dynare.org 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

66c1aa78f0fef4472081414e377a32939339aa5c Move add_auxiliary_variables_to_steadystate to partial_information directory. ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK MATLAB RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 420 | PASS: 418 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 2 | XPASS: 0 ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK OCTAVE RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 418 | PASS: 416 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 2 | XPASS: 0 A full log can be found on karaba in '/tmp/dynare-master-check-RoIy9Ty0MX.log'.

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Dealing with GitHub issues
by Sébastien Villemot 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

Hi, I am getting concerned about the number of outstanding GitHub issues against Dynare. As of now, there are 133 outstanding issues, and this number is following an upward trend. I think that having the number of issues growing too big has a negative impact, because it makes it more difficult to figure out what are the really relevant issues and act on them. It also diminishes the perceived usefulness of filing an issue, since there is a significant probability that there will be no follow up. I am therefore wondering what would be the possible solutions to bring down the number of opened issues. I can see at least: 1. Have developers deal more diligently with issues that are assigned to them (or otherwise mark them as unassigned) 2. Have developers pick up more unassigned issues 3. Hold meetings (as we did last year on IRC) to discuss issues for which a collective decision is needed 4. Acknowledge that we do not have enough resources to deal with some issues, and close them (this probably also needs collective decisions) 5. Organize bug squashing parties Obviously items 1 and 2 are not something that we can decide as a group, but I included them for completeness and as a reminder for everyone. What is your opinion on items 3, 4 and 5? Do you have other ideas? Best, -- Sébastien Villemot Researcher in Economics Dynare developer http://www.dynare.org/sebastien

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Git Issues
by Johannes Pfeifer 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

Dear Stéphane, Following your suggestion to use the dev-list instead of private emails: I have four issues that are waiting for your input/comments in order for me to be able to finally close them: <https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/364> https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/364 https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/522 https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/pull/417 https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/332 Best, Johannes -- Johannes Pfeifer Haußerstr. 29 72076 Tübingen Tel.: +49-(0)7071-6396184 Mobil.: +49-(0)170-6936820 Germany

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Status of testsuite in 4.4 branch
by sebastien＠dynare.org 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

4de8346154ad761e60bb33580c69b1e003afe07d Fix handling of qz_criterium in k_order_perturbation MEX. ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK MATLAB RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 417 | PASS: 415 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 2 | XPASS: 0 ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK OCTAVE RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 415 | PASS: 413 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 2 | XPASS: 0 A full log can be found on karaba in '/tmp/dynare-4.4-check-pjFbRumOLn.log'.

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Status of testsuite in master branch
by sebastien＠dynare.org 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

37742463bc9e4ee864291ae3d3ee12ee93fd1bc1 Add line numbers of equations in preprocessor error messages. ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK MATLAB RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 420 | PASS: 418 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 2 | XPASS: 0 ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK OCTAVE RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 418 | PASS: 416 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 2 | XPASS: 0 A full log can be found on karaba in '/tmp/dynare-master-check-fiC0uef9Ux.log'.

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Status of testsuite in 4.4 branch
by sebastien＠dynare.org 25 Jan '14

25 Jan '14

9b8d665d55e7e7be1d6d39dceb75b2c262be29dd fix typo (cherry picked from commit 9b17c5db4bdb04700dd1647e645f812c19729efc) ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK MATLAB RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 417 | PASS: 415 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 2 | XPASS: 0 ================================ DYNARE MAKE CHECK OCTAVE RESULTS ================================ | TOTAL: 415 | PASS: 413 | FAIL: 0 | XFAIL: 2 | XPASS: 0 A full log can be found on karaba in '/tmp/dynare-4.4-check-XBfJYVH5hM.log'.

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