On 24 April 2012 13:57, Carlo de Falco <kingcrim...@tiscali.it> wrote: > 2012/4/24 Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin.li...@gmail.com> >> >> I think we should group OF packages into different classes as the >> long list on >> http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php is rather confusing. For >> example, we could use three classes: >> >> - main: only about a dozen of packages. The most popular ones, of >> general use. High quality. Tested and actively >> developed/maintained. What the average user needs, see debian >> below. About the packages included in the Matlab student version >> >> - extra: the less common ones. narrow scope, less tested, under >> nconstruction, … >> >> - legacy: unmaintained, outdated and fragile ones, like the >> "symbolic" package.
I do like this idea but it's not easy to implement (for the reasons that carlos has already mentioned). In my mind, what would be perfect would be something like CPAN (what should be Agora). There would be the core packages/modules which would be more tested, implementations of the main matlab toolboxes and with a compatible API. Then, there would be other packages/modules, organized in sections and maintained by their own authors. A package could easily be 1 or 2 function files for a very specific issue. > The reason why there is no structure in the list of packages is that the > webpage > is not static but rather dynamically by a server-side php script. > Essentially what this script does is loop over all directories in the main > html directory > detect which directories contain the html files of a package and read the > information > to display on the web page from there. > If you can program in PHP and would like to suggest patches for the script > generating > the package list just let me know and I'll send you the code or put it > somewhere > where you can download it. I thought the script was in docs/htdocs but I was wrong. But yes, this is the main reason it would be hard to implement such thing, we'd have to discuss it a new method to generate the documentation. Carnë ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
