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

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* John W. Eaton <jwe at bevo.che.wisc.edu> [2008-05-18 14:04]:

> 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.

Fair enough.  Do you have any suggestion on how we should address the
problem?  Do you think we should set "autoload: no" in, say, octave-nan?

-- 
Rafael