Bug#410463: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#410463: octave2.9-forge: FTBFS: error: invalid matrix index = 1

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org> [2007-02-21 22:46]:

> Although this bug does not concern the versions of the packages now in
> testing (octave2.9_2.9.9-7 and octave2.9-forge_2006.07.09+dfsg1-7), I
> understand that it would be good to have the version in testing also fixed.
> 
> > So either we fix the tests and ask debian-release for a new version of
> > both octave2.9 and octave2.9-forge  or we disable them and try to get
> > octave2.9-forge in its current state into Etch. 
> 
> Alternatively, we could let things as they are now.  After all, the packages
> in testing are not affected.
> 
> At any rate, if we really want this bug fixed in testing, we would maximize
> the odds of having octave2.9 accepted by applyin both patches
> 50_correct_test and 50_parse-inline-brackets to 2.9.9-7 and asking the
> release managers to consider unblocking the resulting 2.2.9-7etch1 version.

In the above and in other messages I meant 2.9.9-6 (not 2.9.9-7) as the
version in testing.  Sorry for the confusion.

In preparation for the 2.9.9-6etch1 release, I created a branch for
octave2.9/etch in the SVN repository.  Caveat: this branch is not yet fully
tested.

-- 
Rafael