Re: octave on development level

[Dmitry Roshchin]

On Thursday 03 October 2013 11:31:20 c. wrote:
> I personally think it is a good idea to have the development version
> packaged (as long as it is made __very__ clear to users that it is an
> unstable version) as it allows for
> 

I thinks users can feel the difference between "octave*" and "octave-
unstable*" packages.

> - broader testing prior to new stable releases
> - shorter delay between new stable release and package distribution
> 
> so I'd say if you have the new packages ready please go ahead and distribute
> them.
> 

In openSUSE we have science repository, which allows to provide new versions 
very quickly. But user must add it manually.

> If you have the time, it would also be great if you could write a wiki page
> similar to this
> 
>  http://wiki.octave.org/Debian#Pre-compiled_binaries
> 
> about openSUSE.

Good idea.