[Pkg-octave-devel] Octave Package Meta-Package
Rafael Laboissiere
rafael at debian.org
Sun May 18 18:49:54 UTC 2008
* Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> [2008-05-18 18:57]:
> On 18/05/08 17:59 +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
>
> > We might consider introducing a debconf question asking something like:
> >
> > By installing this package (octave-nan), some core functions
> > of Octave will be overridden, unless you choose to not
> > autoload the functions.
> >
> > Should the octave-nan functions be autoloaded (default: Yes)?
> >
> > <Yes> <No>
> >
> > This may be an overkill, though.
>
> We are talking about a Debconf question for each package here. I fear we
> will reach a level of complexity for the add-on packages far beyond
> packaging Octave itself.
Well, I would add this Debconf question only to packages that override core
functions or could change the behavior of Octave in a way that is confusing
to the user. I do not think that there are many of them.
--
Rafael
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