Bug#792740: transition: octave4.0

[Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org>]

On 2015-07-25 23:29, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 10:24:14PM +0200, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
> > Le samedi 18 juillet 2015 à 11:55 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire a écrit :
> > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 11:31:03PM +0200, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
> > For plplot: somebody seems to be working on the FTBFS (#789619), but
> > there is no ETA, and the package is already marked for autoremoval in 
> > a
> > few days. So I guess a removal from testing would be warranted, though
> > of course it's your call.
>
> It has reverse dependencies of its own, so I can guess we can wait a 
> few
> days while octave ages anyway. If plplot ends up being the blocker then
> I'll start being more aggressive.
>
> Thanks for your work on this transition.

plplot is the only remaining thing preventing the auto-hinter from 
completing the transition, so I have hinted its removal (along with a 
small number of dependents).

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