Re: errors in econometrics package due to using deprecated functions

[Michael Creel]

Hi Nir,

I haven't been maintaining that package for a long time now, and my name should be removed as maintainer. Also, the package should probably be moved to extra rather than main. From what I read, it seems that the issues have already been fixed, and the package just needs to be released. If you check it out from source, you'll get essentially the same thing as you would from an O-F release.

I haven't been working on any Octave Forge stuff for a while, due to lack of time. My own versions of my code, which are working, are available at http://pareto.uab.es/mcreel/Econometrics/MyOctaveFiles/

Examples that use the code are at http://pareto.uab.es/mcreel/Econometrics/Examples/

A single archive that contains all of this stuff is at http://pareto.uab.es/mcreel/Econometrics/Econometrics.tgz 

Best,

Michael

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Nir Krakauer <address@hidden> wrote:

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