Re: errors in econometrics package due to using deprecated functions

[Nir Krakauer]

Michael, you're listed as the maintainer of econometrics. Can you
upload a new version of the package?

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Carnë Draug <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 5 February 2013 14:47, Jose <address@hidden> wrote:
>> which in short mentions some problems in the econometrics package due to
>> usage of deprecated functions. Cranė mentions that all those problems were
>> fixed in the development version.
>
> Development version means not released, you have to get the code from
> the repository.
>
>> I have just installed the package using pkg -forge. It claims to have
>> installed version 1.0.8, but I have found still problems with str2mat and
>> other deprecated functions.
>>
>> I have also downloaded a copy from the trunk
>> (http://svn.code.sf.net/p/octave/code/trunk/octave-forge/main/econometrics)
>> and definitely the files differ, although the versions are the same (1.0.8).
>
> If you are looking at the repository, the version in the DESCRIPTION
> means nothing. It's the version of the last release. It's updated when
> a release is made.
>
>> So I guess that something went wrong with the release?
>
> No. There was just no release because the package has no maintainer.
> Are you interested in making one?
>
> Carnë