[Pkg-octave-devel] Removing octave-audio

Rafael Laboissiere rafael at laboissiere.net
Fri Oct 9 05:37:20 UTC 2015


* Mike Miller <mtmiller at debian.org> [2015-10-09 00:05]:

> I'd like to propose removal of the octave-audio package. Some reasons:
>
> • There has not been a new upstream release since 2009.
>
> • It has been moved to the list of unmaintained packages on the Octave 
>  Forge site.
>
> • Most of its functions have been superseded by better-supported Matlab 
>  compatible functions in Octave 4.0. For example, aurecord fails with
>
>    error: aurecord: can not open device
>
>  when it tries to open /dev/dsp.
>
> Any objections to filing a RM bug?

None from me.

Rafael



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