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

[Thomas Weber]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:33:07AM +0200, Alois Schlögl wrote:
> The latest centralized release of octave-forge packages was done in Jun  
> 2009(!!!).

Yes, we are aware of that. I did the latest upload round of octave-forge
related packages at the end of May 2010. Packages that had a new release
back then have working watch files.

> I think Soren took over only after this date. Since then, packages were  
> released only in an individual basis.
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/
>
> The debian watch file
>     http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/wwiz_detail.php?id=33493299&type=watch
> contains this:
>
> version=3
> http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.html \
>     http://downloads\.sourceforge\.net/octave/nan-([\d.]+)\.tar\.gz\?download

Yes, the watch as currently used in DEHS (Debian External Health
Service) is broken. We have an updated version in our git repository
(which thinks that 1.0.9 is the latest release).

> Probably, this was caused by changes at directory structure of the  
> sourceforge release system.
> Because of this changes at sourceforge, it seems that the debian watch  
> file might need some modification, as well.

Yes, the watch file must be adapted.
>
> I like to make it as simple as possible. This is currently not the case.  
> I'm trying to keep the following links updated, each need manual  
> interaction.
> [1] https://mloss.org/software/view/206/
> [2] http://biosig-consulting.com/matlab/NaN/
> [3]  
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/

The idea of watch files is to make it easier for both parties. So,
what's easiest for you?

> I would appreciate, if we can find a way to simplify this. What is your  
> suggestion for updating the debian octave-nan package with a smaller  
> turn-around time ?

Unless you somehow can give me more than 24 hours per day, I don't have
any suggestion.

> Is there a way that I can trigger the generation of a new octave-nan  
> package (perhaps from the SVN-repository) for debian ?

You are free (and encouraged) to clone our git repository from 
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-octave/octave-nan.git
and publish packages yourself.

	Thomas