Re: linear-algebra 2.2.2 released

[Philip Nienhuis]

<maintainers ML cc'd>

Clemens Buchacher wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Philip Nienhuis <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>
>     Yep that is called 'progress". It's inevitable :-)
>
>     So for Octave-3.8.2 you 'll have to make do with linear-algebra-2.2.1.
>
>
> We now have a latest release of Octave and a latest release of
> linear-algebra which are incompatible by design.

Pardon me?

lin.alg. 2.2.2 is made for Octave-4.0.0. The latter has been delayed a 
bit, much like your reply (as my post dates back > 3 weeks); can happen.

Compared to 2.2.1 there's just one minor difference; the rest is 
adaptation to different inputParser class code in Octave 4.0.0.

> You have to compile
> Octave from source to use it, but then I wonder if I am going to compile
> Octave from source, why would I care about a release for the
> linear-algebra package, which I can also compile from source?

That is the beauty of Open Source Software. If you do not like it or do 
not like what the developers do, you do not have to follow but can opt 
to go your own way. No need to get excited.

> So, this release benefits no-one and hurts basically every user of the
> linear-algebra package.

OK, I respect your opinion, but I beg to differ.
linear-algebra-2.2.2 undergoes testing since early April in MXE-octave 
binaries where it has been included - 2.2.1 wouldn't work completely in 
the 4.0.0 release candidates, would it.

BTW, please next time do not forget to include the maintainers ML.

Philip