[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#594906: Bug#594906: update octave-nan and bug fix

[Alois Schlögl]

On 08/30/2010 10:14 PM, Thomas Weber wrote:
> Hi Alois,
>
> thanks for caring about your software in distributions.
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 05:35:28PM +0200, Alois Schlögl wrote:
>    
>> Version 1.0.9 is really outdated and contains a bug.
>> e.g. https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?30905
>>      
> Is there something more critical than this bug fixed? Debian is in
> freeze right now, so getting a new version into the next stable version
> is difficult, unless:
>   - the change is small (which ususally rules out a new upstream release)
>   - the bug is critical.
>
>    
>> The bug was fixed in Oct 2009, and several new releases of octave-nan
>> have been made.
>>      
> That's strange. I uploaded 1.0.9 at the end of december and I'm
> reasonably sure that was the latest version I found at Sourceforge back
> then.
>
> Some information about 'watch' files: we use them to check upstream's
> pages automatically for updates. In the case of NaN, Sourceforge still
> lists 1.0.9 as the latest release.
>
>    


It seems the debian watch file for octave-nan is also broken:

http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/report.php?package=octave-nan&Display=Submit+Query

    * *Name:* octave-nan <http://packages.qa.debian.org/octave-nan>
          o *Pop Inst:*
          o *Upstream version: * none
          o *Debian version: *1.0.9-1
          o *Last time checked: *2010-08-29 06:16:05
          o *Last time found up to date: *2010-08-29 06:16:05
          o *Total continuous failures: *42
          o *Tot Upstream Bugs: *0
          o *Avg days opened: *0
          o *Distrib: *unstable
            <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/octave-nan>
          o *Watch: *view
            <http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/wwiz_detail.php?id=33493299&type=watch>
          o *Uscan errors: *
            uscan.pl warning: In watchfile /tmp/octave-nan_watchpNjOQe,
            reading webpage
            http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.html failed: 404 Not
            Found
          o *Copyright: *view
            <http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/o/octave-nan/octave-nan_1.0.9-1/copyright>



Alois

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