[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#415780: octave2.1: Please upgrade gnuplot dependency from suggests: to recommends:

Rafael Laboissiere rafael at debian.org
Wed Mar 21 23:41:31 CET 2007


* Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail.com> [2007-03-21 15:59]:

> Seeing how gnuplot is the default plotting engine in Octave and the one
> that the Octave team works with the most, I think its priority as an
> octave dependence should be upgraded from suggests: to recommends:. I
> was quite surprised to see today that aptitude installed octave but that
> it didn't pull in gnuplot.

I am not sure I agree with you.  Although I understand your arguments,
remember that Octave can be used without any graphical interface. To give
you an example, I use Octave mainly to process data in batches.  I do my
serious graphics for publications with other software (namely R).  Of
course, YMMV.

I would like to hear the opinion of people lurking at the pkg-octave-devel
mailing list, both those involved in Debian and in upstream development. If
there is a consensus that Suggests: should be upgraded to Recommends:, I
will gladly do the change.

-- 
Rafael




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