Removing package octave-vibes

[Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>]

Hi,

I am wondering if we should remove package octave-vibes from Debian. This 
package only makes sense when used together with the VIBES Viewer [1], 
which has never been packaged for Debian. Furthermore, the package 
currently FTBFS [2]. This is caused by the fact that the VIBES API uses 
the file $HOME/.vibes.json to communicate with the VIBES server. Since 
the Debian autobuilders set HOME="/nonexistent/" [3], then the unit tests 
for octave-vibes fail.

I am not going to the trouble of fixing the octave-vibes package, neither 
packaging VIBES for Debian.

If nobody objects, I will file the request for removal.

Best,

Rafael Laboissière

 [1] https://github.com/ENSTABretagneRobotics/VIBES
 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/1057591
 [3] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#non-existent-home-directories