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Re: octave on development level
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Dmitry Roshchin |
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Re: octave on development level |
Date: |
Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:35:48 +0400 |
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On Thursday 03 October 2013 11:31:20 c. wrote:
> I personally think it is a good idea to have the development version
> packaged (as long as it is made __very__ clear to users that it is an
> unstable version) as it allows for
>
I thinks users can feel the difference between "octave*" and "octave-
unstable*" packages.
> - broader testing prior to new stable releases
> - shorter delay between new stable release and package distribution
>
> so I'd say if you have the new packages ready please go ahead and distribute
> them.
>
In openSUSE we have science repository, which allows to provide new versions
very quickly. But user must add it manually.
> If you have the time, it would also be great if you could write a wiki page
> similar to this
>
> http://wiki.octave.org/Debian#Pre-compiled_binaries
>
> about openSUSE.
Good idea.