[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#501022: Bug#501022: [octave3.0] Does not recognise packages

[Thomas Weber]

On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 12:47:26AM +0200, Didier Raboud wrote:
> Le samedi 4 octobre 2008 00:38:24 Thomas Weber, vous avez écrit :
> > On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 02:24:27PM +0200, Didier Raboud wrote:
> > > Package: octave3.0
> > > Version: 1:3.0.2-3
> > > Severity: important
> > >
> > > --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I tried Octave from Debian experimental: I installed octave3.0, -headers
> > > and -image.
> > >
> > > I then tried to use pngread (e.g.) from octave-image. The auto-completion
> > > works, but the function is not recognised :
> >
> > Yepp, ABI change in our Octave package, meaning you can't load .oct
> > files compiled with an earlier version of Octave. There's a reason it's
> > in experimental.
> >
> > 	Thomas
> 
> Okay. Fine for me.
> 
> Just to understand : non-working packages in experimental don't deserve bug 
> reports ?

Sure, but depending on the bug, you might be on your own. This is such a
case :)

The problem is not the octave3.0 package in experimental, but the
different octave-forge packages in unstable. They need a recompile. This
however would mean that they wouldn't work with the current octave3.0
package in unstable, so we would need a new octave3.0 package in
unstable as well.

Did I mention that we are in a freeze? :)

So, if you want me to upload all these packages, you will need to grant
me asylum afterwards - I fear the release team would come after me.

	Thomas