[Pkg-octave-devel] Lenny release goals for the DOG
Rafael Laboissiere
rafael at debian.org
Sun Mar 2 10:37:14 UTC 2008
* Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail.com> [2008-03-01 22:33]:
> On 26/02/2008, Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org> wrote:
> > 3) Get rid of octave2.9
> > =======================
> >
> > I mean the source package octave2.9, because the binary dummy package
> > octave2.9 will be in lenny fora a smooth transition from etch. There is
> > currently a single package blocking this goal: qtoctave. Jordi Gutiérrez is
> > taking care of this.
>
> Eep! I certainly wouldn't want to be blamed for Octave3.0 not to be
> released with lenny.
No, qtoctave will not be a blocker for octave3.0 in lenny. We need just to
upgrade the dependency from octave2.9 to octave3.0 in order to get rid of
octave2.9 in unstable.
> I'm almost done with the qtoctave update...
Could you please commit your changes to the DOG SVN repository?
> it was easier than I thought, unless my package sponsor finds problems with
> it. :-)
As I wrote already, it would be better if people from the DOG review your
package before upload. Also, I can act as the sponsor, instead of bothering
other people outside the DOG.
> Btw, why is DOG still not the maintainer for qtoctave? Rafael, I
> thought you said that you would change the maintainer field?
I would gladly do it, but I was waiting for your commits to SVN in order to
minimize the interference on your work.
--
Rafael
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