Bug#367165: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#367165: octave2.1: please put runtime libraries in /usr/lib, not /usr/lib/octave-VERSION

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Torsten Werner <twerner at debian.org> [2006-11-25 18:34]:

> severity 367165 important
> thanks
> 
> please fix this bug because I want to package shogun which depends on
> octave's shared libraries.

I am sympathetic to your cause and would also love to fix the bug.  However,
I am afraid this is not going to happen soon.  This would imply an effective
fork from upstream, mainly because the shared library business implies the
maintenance of the SOVERSION.  This is a task that should be done upstream
and I am really not inclined to have the Debian Octave Group taking it over.

I might be wrong and perhaps there is a simple way to fix the bug that is
convenient to you.  I am open to suggestions.

[I am Cc:ing this to the Octave upstream maintainers.  For reference, see
http://bugs.debian.org/367165]

-- 
Rafael