Re: binary packages

[Paul Kienzle]

On Feb 15, 2004, at 9:25 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 01:14:27AM -0500, Paul Kienzle wrote:
> > Debian:
> >
> >         Dirk does a wonderful job of keeping the octave
> >         and octave-forge Debian packages up to date.
> >         We need equally dedicated folks for other platforms.
>
> There is also the currently less wonderful job with
>
>   octave-sp    which few people use it, and I got too little help
>                from A.S. Hodel when I needed it, so the package
>                lingers -- this really should get refactored into
>                octave-forge

Somebody who uses this will have to step in and do
the work necessary to get it into octave-forge.   With
a proper test suite, maintainers can keep the code
current without understanding the algorithms,  but
without test cases that is impossible.  Note that I don't
know if octave-sp already has the appropriate tests.

>   libinline-octave-perl    which may need a maintenance release, but
>                            again too few people know and use this

Is this also available from CPAN?
Does Debian interact well with CPAN?

> and then there are the script (non-binary) packages
>
>   octave-ci    where the remaining functions should get factored
>                into octave-forge

This was discussed a month ago:

http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/help-octave/2004/114

Nobody expressed any interest in these functions.  I have
no desire to add something to octave-forge that nobody is
using.

>   matwrap      standalone tool for C/C++ wrapper generation, possibly
>                overlapping with mex in octave-forge

Someone should do the work necessary to get this into SWIG.

>   octave-epstk standalone, can probably stay that way.

Agreed.

> Also, let's not forget Rafael's excellent work with
>
>   octave-gpc
>   octave-plplot
>   octave-statdataml
>
> which he also keep current.



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