Søren Hauberg wrote:
> 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?
Hi Søren,
I think that the primary target should be the stable version, because
that is what most people use. That said, if the development version has
functions moved to OF, then I think that it is reasonable to have the
moved functions in OF especially if the OF package directory is added to
the end of the search path (I don't recall if that is the case).
Have a good day,
Bill
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