[Pkg-octave-devel] Lenny release goals for the DOG

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail.com> [2008-03-01 22:33]:

> On 26/02/2008, Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org> wrote:
> >  3) Get rid of octave2.9
> >  =======================
> >
> >  I mean the source package octave2.9, because the binary dummy package
> >  octave2.9 will be in lenny fora a smooth transition from etch.  There is
> >  currently a single package blocking this goal: qtoctave.  Jordi Gutiérrez is
> >  taking care of this.
> 
> Eep! I certainly wouldn't want to be blamed for Octave3.0 not to be
> released with lenny.

No, qtoctave will not be a blocker for octave3.0 in lenny.  We need just to
upgrade the dependency from octave2.9 to octave3.0 in order to get rid of
octave2.9 in unstable.

> I'm almost done with the qtoctave update...

Could you please commit your changes to the DOG SVN repository?

> it was easier than I thought, unless my package sponsor finds problems with
> it. :-)

As I wrote already, it would be better if people from the DOG review your
package before upload.  Also, I can act as the sponsor, instead of bothering
other people outside the DOG.
 
> Btw, why is DOG still not the maintainer for qtoctave? Rafael, I
> thought you said that you would change the maintainer field?

I would gladly do it, but I was waiting for your commits to SVN in order to
minimize the interference on your work.

-- 
Rafael