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

[Didier Raboud]

Le samedi 4 octobre 2008 11:21:59 Thomas Weber, vous avez écrit :
> 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

Well...

if this ABI change renders packages incompatible between them (i.e. 
octave-image in unstable and octave3.0 in experimental), my vision of the 
packages system is that they should conflict between them.

I don't know how, that's why I report bugs and don't maintain packages 
(yet) ;)

Anyway, best regards and thanks for your time !

Didier
-- 
Didier Raboud, proud Debian user.
CH-1802 Corseaux
didier at raboud.com
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