[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#492224: Bug#492224: Bug#492224: octave3.0: contourf is not documented

[John W. Eaton]

On 24-Jul-2008, Francesco Potorti` wrote:

| >| Package: octave3.0
| >| Version: 1:3.0.1-4
| >| Severity: minor
| >| 
| >| The manual does not mention contourf.
| >
| >Why do you send these bug reports to the Debian package maintainers
| >insted of to the bug at octave.org list?  
| 
| Becausethe bug tracking system provides an organised way to post a bug
| and follow its development, so it is easy to see if it is still open,
| closed and so on.

I would like to have a bug tracker specifically for Octave bugs as
well, but I do not have the time to manage it, and so we need someone
who can take on the job of setting it up and maintaining it.

| Additionally, I use M-x debian bug, which is fast for me and provides
| all the necessary details automatically.
| 
| In summary, there is a bug reporting framework that is working and easy
| to use.
| 
| >These are bugs in Octave, not the Debian package , so I think you just
| >make more work for the package maintainers by sending the bug reports
| >here, as they will probably not fix them, but instead forward the
| >reports to the bug at octave.org list.
| 
| As far as I know, it is not much work for them, and the advantages
| outweigh the drawbacks.  Am I wrong?  If that is the case, I'll try to
| change my habits.

They will have to say whether it is a hassle.  But I am not seeing
them forwarded to the Octave bug list in any case.

jwe