ons, 18 02 2009 kl. 16:55 +0100, skrev Carlo de Falco: > Actually I think it would be better to keep OF packages that are > available > for download from sourceforge compatible with the stable branch. > I beleive most users will probably install the "stable" release of > Octave > (mainly through the binaries on OF) so we should expect a LOT of > complaints > from users if the packages are not compatible with that version.
Personally, I only partially agree with you. I think you are right that we should mainly target the stable Octave release. That being said, we currently have a problem in that some functions have moved from core Octave into Octave-Forge. This means that these functions are no longer available to users of the development release of Octave. We also have the problem that it seems that only few people actually install packages in their development copy of Octave. I'm hoping that we'll see a 3.2 release of Octave in about two months (I don't know this, but I'm hoping). So we also need to prepare for this here at Octave-Forge. What is the general opinion amongst users/developers on this list? Perhaps this issue will be fairly small once we can have separate releases of the packages? Søren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
