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On 14 May 2012 10:52, Michael Creel <michael.cr...@uab.es> wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Carnë Draug <carandraug+...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On 13 May 2012 07:38, Michael Creel <michael.cr...@uab.es> wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Carnë Draug <carandraug+...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 11 May 2012 16:28, Michael Creel <michael.cr...@uab.es> wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>> About OF package releases, I haven't kept up
>>>>> with how that works.
>>>>
>>>> It's quite simple and explained in
>>>> http://octave.sourceforge.net/developers.html
>>>>
>>>> Basically, cd into main/econometrics and run
>>>>
>>>> svn log -v -r HEAD:{yyyy-mm-dd}
>>>>
>>>> with the date from last release. This will generate a list of commits
>>>> since the last release. Write them in a NEWS file. Update the version
>>>> number and date on DESCRIPTION. Then
>>>>
>>>> svn export ../econometrics ~/econometrics
>>>> cd ~
>>>>
>>>> make sure to remove all .svnignore and othr things not necessary in
>>>> econometrics/
>>>>
>>>> tar czf econometrics-x.y.z.tar.gz econometrics/
>>>>
>>>> install the package you just generated and generate the documentation
>>>> pkg install -forge generate_html;
>>>> pkg load generate_html;
>>>> generate_package_html ('econometrics', 'econometrics-html',
>>>> 'octave-forge');
>>>>
>>>> Then exit octave prompt and
>>>>
>>>> tar czf econometrics-html.tar.gz econometrics-html/
>>>>
>>>> That's it. Upload both files to the forum and I'll upload them to the
>>>> server.
>>>>
>>>> Carnë
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reminder, that looks simple enough. For the changes
>>> that have been done by other people, I'll leave it to them to decide
>>> when to release. When I get around to fixing the MPI stuff, I'll make
>>> a release.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Michael
>>
>> I think the only changes made from others are the removal of
>> deprecated functions as users report them as bugs. Aside that, I
>> noticed that you had 2 copies of __kernel_weights (so I removed one)
>> and since octave now can use a private directory, I removed the
>> __foo__ functions and placed them there).
>>
>> There was also a MP_Initialized on the src/ directry for 8min back in 2009.
>>
> How could there be two copies of __kernel_weights.cc, I don't
> understand? Were they identical? I can't do a release now, because
> before doing a release, I would need to test the code, and I
> absolutely don't have time for that. I don't expect any problems,
> supposing that the correct __kernel_weights.cc is intact, but it's
> been long enough since I made a release that I don't want to risk it.
> Sorry, but I don't want to do a rush release.
> Best,
> Michael
It was not 2 __kernel_weights.cc. There was a .m and a .cc
implementation. However, only the .cc was being used, the .m was being
ignored.
Carnë
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