For those interested to know why octave2.1_2.1.71-5 is still not in testing, see this thread in debian-release about the hdf5/lam transition (the discussion started in September and continues in October, hence the two URLs): http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2005/09/msg00025.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2005/10/msg00000.html -- Rafael