2012/3/17 Carnë Draug <carandraug+...@gmail.com>: > On 16 March 2012 21:47, Rafael Laboissiere <raf...@laboissiere.net> wrote: >> The following packages are already in Debian and worked correctly with >> Octave 3.2, but have not yet been ported to Octave 3.6. We need to know >> two things: first, which ones of those must absolutely be ported. >> Second, which ones of those should be removed from Debian. > > I don't know much about this packages but here's what I can say about some: > > * audio - probably good to package. I remember users asking about it > on the mailing list about it so people do use it > > * fixed - wait for the next release to package this one. The current > release does not work under 3.6 but jwe and Jordi have fixed it and > are just solving some small issues with it to make a new release. The > development version already installs without problems so shouldn't > take much longer > >> The following packages have never been in Debian. Please, tell us which >> ones must absolutely get in. > > I also don't know much about this packages but here's the one that I > do know about: > > * generate_html - don't port this one. I believe this only used by > octave forge developers to generate the documentation for the website > > * es and pt_br - these are part of the translation project. They > basically add a new function (help in another language) and serve > translated help for such languages. However, the translations are from > back in 3.2 and no one is working on them anymore. I don't think it's > good to package them > > * geometry and mechanics - these 2 packages are new and under active > development. I believe it would be nice to package them > > * dataframe - this is a new package and is kinda handy. I think it > would be good to package it > > Carnë > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Octave-dev mailing list > Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
Hi, I agree with Carnë's suggestion. Just one comment: mechanics is not a mature package yet. It has a very basic functionality. Unless it is really easy to put it into Debian, I wouldn't do it as yet. -- M. Sc. Juan Pablo Carbajal ----- PhD Student University of Zürich http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
