[Pkg-octave-devel] Open ToDos for Wheezy

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Paul Dreik <slask at pauldreik.se> [2012-06-20 13:45]:

> I agree there has not been any real development, but it is still useful.
> I do not see the problem, as the package works as intended as far as I
> know.
> 
> regarding debian bug #667305 ftbfs with gcc 4.7:
> this problem goes away with
> #include <unistd.h>
> added to the top of sockets.cc
> I will try to add this upstream (I fixed a memory bug earlier and had
> commit rights back then.)

It would be good to have a new version released soon.

> For fun, I copied the debian directory from octave-statistics, made
> trivial modifications and was able to generate a deb. Thanks to the file
> /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/octave-pkg.mk file it is easy to make a deb! I
> installed it and it works fine.
> 
> Please reconsider removing the octave-sockets package.

You probably meant "repackaging" instead of "removing" in the sentence
above.

I will resurrect the package soon, unless Thomas Weber objects.  At any
rate, I am afraid it will not make its way into wheezy before the freeze.

Rafael