[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#564297: Bug#564297: Depends: octave3.0 (3.2 available)

[Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 11:32:05AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Package: octave-statistics
> Version: 1.0.8-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> octave-statistics Depends: octave3.0
> Is this dependency strictly necessary?  

Due to the way we handle octave-forge packages in Debian, yes.
Essentially, package files go under a directory specific to the
octave3.x package.

Yes, it turned out to be a bad solution. Getting back to just one octave
package is on my TODO list, but post-Squeeze.

> octave3.2 is now available, I guess it would be better to use it
> rather than 3.0.

octave-statistics is missing from the latest update round of
octave-forge packages due to test failures.
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20091221175022.GA17519%40atlan&forum_name=octave-dev

	Thomas