[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#520220: octave3.0: This release candidate snapshot should not enter testing

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail at gmail.com> [2009-03-18 23:05]:

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:30:59AM +0100, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> > Package: octave3.0
> > Version: 1:3.0.4~rc5-2
> > Severity: serious
> > 
> > This version of the octave3.0 package is based on a release candidate
> > snapshot for the upcoming 3.0.4 version.  The upstream authors have told 
> > us [1] that release candidates should not be distributed as Debian packages.
> > 
> > Let us keep this version in unstable for now.
> 
> Any plan how we should continue with this? We can't let any binary
> octave-forge package into testing like that. The current octave3.0
> packages in unstable and testing are ABI-incompatible.

My feeling is that 1:3.0.4~rc5-2 is of release quality. The only know
regression from 3.0.3 is fixed by a patch in Debian.  I am waiting to see
what Jaroslav Hajek  has to say about this.  In the meanwhile, I filed this
bug report to avoid going against the upstream wishes as regards the version
of the package in testing.

That said, I think we could upload the octave-forge packages to unstable,
building them against 3.0.4~rc5.  Otherwise, if you do not feel confident
about this, we could wait for Octave 3.2, but I think the released is not
yet scheduled.

-- 
Rafael