[Pkg-octave-devel] [OctDev] Status of the Octave-Forge packages in Debian

[Carnë Draug]

On 16 March 2012 21:47, Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at laboissiere.net> wrote:
> The following packages are already in Debian and worked correctly with
> Octave 3.2, but have not yet been ported to Octave 3.6.  We need to know
> two things: first, which ones of those must absolutely be ported.
> Second, which ones of those should be removed from Debian.

I don't know much about this packages but here's what I can say about some:

* audio - probably good to package. I remember users asking about it
on the mailing list about it so people do use it

* fixed - wait for the next release to package this one. The current
release does not work under 3.6 but jwe and Jordi have fixed it and
are just solving some small issues with it to make a new release. The
development version already  installs without problems so shouldn't
take much longer

> The following packages have never been in Debian.  Please, tell us which
> ones must absolutely get in.

I also don't know much about this packages but here's the one that I
do know about:

* generate_html - don't port this one. I believe this only used by
octave forge developers to generate the documentation for the website

* es and pt_br - these are part of the translation project. They
basically add a new function (help in another language) and serve
translated help for such languages. However, the translations are from
back in 3.2 and no one is working on them anymore. I don't think it's
good to package them

* geometry and mechanics - these 2 packages are new and under active
development. I believe it would be nice to package them

* dataframe - this is a new package and is kinda handy. I think it
would be good to package it

Carnë