[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#528230: Bug#528230: Bug#528230: Bug#528230: Processed: Re: Bug#528230: Error in Octaviz.

[John W. Eaton]

On 11-May-2009, Thomas Weber wrote:

| On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:33:13PM +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
| > * Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> [2009-05-11 20:25]:
| > 
| > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 04:24:04PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
| > > > Bug#528230: Error in Octaviz.
| > > > Warning: Unknown package 'octaviz.'
| > > > Bug reassigned from package `octaviz.' to `octaviz'.
| > > 
| > > Okay, I guess the time has come to decide on Octaviz' future. Last time
| > > I tried, it didn't compile against VTK 5.2. 
| > 
| > Candidate for removal?
| 
| Probably, yes.
| 
| > There is a non-negligible amount of octaviz users, though:
| > http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=octaviz
| 
| Then they should get up and get the software in shape. Yes, bad
| response, but what else should I say? We are just the messengers of the
| bad news.

Before removing it, would you consider posting a message to the
help at octave.org list asking whether anyone (or group) would like to
start maintaining it?  Maybe the message should also go to the
maintainers at octave.org and octave-dev at lists.sourceforge.net lists.

OTOH, maybe we should just let it die and try to get more effort put
into the OpenGL-based graphics code for core Octave.

jwe