On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Carnë Draug <carandraug+...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 May 2012 12:32, Levente Torok <torok...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Carnë Draug <carandraug+...@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> On 11 May 2012 07:59, Levente Torok <torok...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I wanted to analyze gmm_exampe.m from econometrics package recently
>>>> installed but I found that it called a lot of deprecated functions.
>>>> I tracked them and replaced. Now it seems to be working.
>>>> I wish I could submit these modifications back to the package sources
>>>> but as I see I cannot find the way to patch it in the svn tree where I
>>>> found several versions of the corresponding file so I'd rather not to
>>>> touch it
>>>> instead I thought I share these modifications. I hope someone can put
>>>> it the package
>>>>
>>>> gmm_example.m:
>>>>    replace call of poisson_rnd with poissrnd
>>>>    str2mat call str2mat with char
>>>>
>>>> poisson_moments.m :
>>>>    replace call of dmult.m with diag(A)*B
>>>>
>>>> scale_data.m:
>>>>    replace call of dmult.m with diag(A)*B
>>>>
>>>> gmm_results.m
>>>>    replace call of str2mat with char
>>>>    chisquare_cdf with chi2cdf
>>>>    normal_cdf with normcdf
>>>>
>>>> poisson_moments.m:
>>>>    replace call of dmult.m with diag(A)*B
>>>>
>>>> unscale_parameters.m
>>>>    replace call of nth with {1}{2}
>>>
>>> this is the wrong mailing list. Octave packages belong to octave-forge
>>> so bugs should be reported there.
>>>
>>> All the problems you mentioned have already been fixed on the
>>> development version (that's why you couldn't patch against the SVN
>>> tree) we just need someone to make a new release of the package.
>>>
>>
>> I see. Thanks. It was kind of a problematic stuff to me.
>> Wouldn't it be possible to keep forge and octave in sync?
>> I mean I would let someone install forge package unless it is
>> absolutely sure that it will function with the installed octave
>> version.
>
> Yes, it's possible and there's more who would like that to happen.
> Unfortunately, there's no one around with the means to put something
> like that in place.
>
> Carnë

Just a note on these functions: all of the MPI capability depends on
MPITB, which no longer works with current Octave. At some point I plan
of adapting the functions to use openmpi_ext, but I don't know when
that will be possible. About OF package releases, I haven't kept up
with how that works.
Best,
Michael

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