Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@laboissiere.net> writes: > * Sébastien Villemot <sebastien.villemot@ens.fr> [2012-03-17 22:38]: > >> Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@laboissiere.net> writes: >> >> > Also, note that I patched the package in order to have Autoload: yes. I >> > vaguely remember that this was th policy that we adopted at the DOG, >> > mainly that all packages should be autoloaded. Revert the commit if I am >> > wrong, please. >> >> Actually I recently uploaded octave-nan and octave-data-smoothing which >> have Autoload: No. > > I guess it should have Autoload: Yes. Done and uploaded. >> I’m not sure Autoload: No really makes sense for octave-data-smoothing, >> but it does for octave-nan: since this package overloads several core >> functions, it is sensible to load it only when the user requires it; >> having the package installed on your system does not mean you want to >> use it for all sessions. > > Yes, nan should have Autoload: No. We might want to change the > package description, though, which has this warning: > > "Be warned that this package changes the way NaNs are handled in Octave!" > > Something like this could be better: > > "This package changes the way NaNs are handled in Octave. In order > to use its functions, the user must to explicitly add the appropriate > directory to the Octave's path." > > and then add information on how to do it in README.Debian. Done in git, but not yet uploaded. -- Sébastien Villemot Researcher in Economics & Debian Maintainer http://www.dynare.org/sebastien Phone: +33-1-40-77-84-04 - GPG Key: 4096R/381A7594
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