[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#538047: Bug#538047: qtoctave: dependency on octave3.0 too restrictive

[Junqian Gordon Xu]

On 07/23/2009 03:09 AM, Thomas Weber wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:16:52PM -0500, Junqian Gordon Xu wrote:
>> Package: qtoctave
>> Version: 0.8.1+dfsg-3
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> currently the dependency is locked to octave3.0. Would be nice to be 
>> able to use qtoctave with octave3.x
> 
> You can choose octave3.2 as default octave using update-alternatives:
> 	# update-alternatives --config octave
> 
> However, 3.0 and 3.2 are so different that you'll end up with an error
> message in QtOctave's message window:
> 
> 	octave:13>error: `variables' undefined near line 1 column 176
> 
> So, I won't change the dependency for now. 
> 
> 	Thomas
> 

Actually qtoctave 0.8.2 works out the compatibility with octave 3.2. So 
this bug should really be a wishlist for updating qtoctave to 0.8.2

Gordon