Re: very small packages - merge into general/miscelleneous or move into core

[c.]

On 24 Jan 2014, at 10:21, c. <address@hidden> wrote:

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> On 24 Jan 2014, at 08:11, c. <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>> I don't have time right now, but maybe with the refactored pkg.m we
>>> might be able to overcome this by patching pkg.m directly (which we have
>>> avoided in the past). 
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>> I'm preparing a patch to make this approach easier.
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> Could you please check out the attached changeset?
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> With it you should be able to change the default
> package installation paths by patching the single file
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> scripts/pkg/private/default_prefix.m
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> you should only change the path for global install
> and leave the default for local install unchanged.
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> Does this approach suit your needs?
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> c.

Hi Thomas,

Did you have time to look at this patch?

3.8.1 is imminent, I actually think I am late to apply it for that release, 
but if you think it could help the Debian version of Octave work better I
will push it to the gui-release branch so it will be in verion 4.0.

If I don't get an answer I'll just push to the default branch, which is safer,
but it means this will not be available before 4.2 at least.

c.

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