[Pkg-octave-devel] octave-forge

[Thomas Weber]

Am Sonntag, den 16.09.2007, 02:16 +0200 schrieb Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson:
> Why not have the package so that it contains the .tar.gz and an install
> script that unzips the file and installs each package through octave
> --eval "pkg install $pkgname" and then clean up after it on the
> filesystem???
> 
> I am somehow certain that the thought must have crossed your minds 

Speaking only for myself: no, this thought didn't cross my mind. But
then again, which problem would it solve? 

What I can tell you is that local package compilation is difficult
(which compiler is chosen, are the libraries installed and compiled with
a suited compiler, ...). Gentoo has solved that problem, but I don't
think we should copy Portage.

	Thomas