[Pkg-octave-devel] Octave Package Meta-Package

[John W. Eaton]

On 18-May-2008, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:

| We might consider introducing a debconf question asking something like:
| 
|       By installing this package (octave-nan), some core functions
|       of Octave will be overridden, unless you choose to not 
|       autoload the functions.
| 
|       Should the octave-nan functions be autoloaded (default: Yes)?
| 
|                  <Yes>           <No>
|    
| This may be an overkill, though.

Presenting a question like this while installing does not necessarily
avoid confusion for users.  The installer of the package is not
necessarily the same person who uses Octave on the system.

jwe