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Re: octave on development level
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c. |
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Re: octave on development level |
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Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:39:33 +0200 |
On 4 Oct 2013, at 16:35, Dmitry Roshchin <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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.
me thinks so too.
>> - 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.
that's actually good as the additional step of adding the repo requires users
to further
think about what they are doing.
>> 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.
c.