Hello, my name is Andreu.
I'm working
on a proposal to improve the Octave's package management system (pkg.m)
to make it more flexible. I've recently discovered this group while
doing a little bit of research, and I think it would be interesting to
know your opinions before and after the proposal is written in the
Octave's wiki.
I've seen you are using a package (octave-pkg-dev)
to make easier creating Octave's packages for Debian. Since it's
probable that my proposal will introduce backwards incompatibilities, I
think it's very important to do it with your agreement and taking into
account your advices.
One of my ideas is to add another "per-project" packages in addition to the global and local packages.
Another
idea is to handle every "project" (a directory with Octave code) as a
package itself ("anonymous" package if there isn't metadata available,
and named package if the metadata is available). This point may
introduce subtle changes in the package directory structure.
Regards.