[Pkg-octave-devel] Fwd: new contributor game - packaging image-aquisition

[Tudi Le Bleis]

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Hi Sebastien,

> Ok, so maybe are you using Debian stable (wheezy)? For developing
> in Debian, you need to work within Debian unstable (sid), which has
> Octave 3.8.


Ups! Indeed... time to get sid then...

> 
> You have two options for working within unstable: either upgrade
> your whole machine to unstable (possible, but some things can
> potentially break, so you have to be prepared to handle that);
> alternatively, you can install unstable in some container (virtual
> machine, lxc, chroot…) within your existing Debian stable
> installation.

I was already working on a virtual machine (clean from other
projects/work...) I'll update it to sid, or at least try.

> Sure, the most important is to learn.

My feeling exactly!

> There is no dedicated octave channel. We could however use 
> #debian-science on OFTC. I hang out there under the nickname 
> "sebastien". As far as I know, other Debian Octave Group are not on
> IRC, so maybe email is better. This is up to you.

No email is fine... just if there were a server for such things, I'd
hang-out there and ask question as they come.

Thanks for your answer :-)

Cheers,
 Tudi.

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