[Pkg-octave-devel] Syncing octave commands [was: Bug#383149:]

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> [2006-08-17 10:49]:

> Am Donnerstag, den 17.08.2006, 04:13 -0400 schrieb John W. Eaton:
> >   update-alternatives --config mkoctfile
> >   update-alternatives --config octave
> >   update-alternatives --config octave-bug
> >   update-alternatives --config octave-config
> >   update-alternatives --config octave-depends
> > 
> > BTW, why do I have to run all these commands?  I think it would be
> > more friendly if running "update-alternatives --config octave" would
> > take care of the rest automatically so they would all stay in sync.
> 
> Agreed. For all of them to be synced, we would need to drop the
> octave2.X-headers packages and include them in the octave2.X package.
> 
> This probably means a recompile of every package (the dependancies
> change), so we should do this soon if we want it in etch.
> 
> Rafael, your opinion?

This is an enormous change and I prefer to discuss further about it.  In any
event, the implementation should be done post-etch.

-- 
Rafael