Bug#418503: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#418503: octave2.9: Must not enter testing

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* John W. Eaton <jwe at bevo.che.wisc.edu> [2007-04-10 15:18]:

> On 10-Apr-2007, Thomas Weber wrote:
> 
> | Package: octave2.9
> | Version: 2.9.10-4
> | Severity: grave
> | Justification: renders package unusable
> | 
> | Octave 2.9.10 doesn't play well with the current octave2.9-forge packages in
> | Debian, so it shouldn't enter testing in the current state. 
> 
> I think this is unfortunate since Octave is useful on its own without
> Octave Forge and I think 2.9.10 is much better than 2.9.9.  Also, for
> those who must have some or all of Octave Forge, there is now a way to
> install it using Octave's pkg function.

Hopefully, this will be a temporary situation, until we fix the problem with
the octave2.9-forge package.  Debian 4.0 (a.k.a. etch) was recently released
and contains 2.9.9.  Even if 2.9.10 entered testing, it is too late now for
the regular Debian users who are using the stable distribution.

We are discussing about back porting 2.9.10 (and probably also the new
octave-forge packages) for etch.

-- 
Rafael