Re: Add doctest pkg to octave-forge

[Colin Macdonald]

On 03/07/15 17:33, Carnë Draug wrote:
> I actually think this would be useful in core.  Not as a separate function
> but as part of test().  If we start it as a package, then core can't use it
> itself.  What do you think?

"then core can't use it": I assume you mean the core Octave build/test 
process must not be made to depend on OF packages---which is certainly 
reasonable.  Of course devs could nonetheless use it to test core 
functions, just not as a part of the build process.

I don't think I have a strong opinion: does it have to be either or?

Adding it to core means it will take some time until people (external to 
Octave devs) can start to use it.  So we'd probably maintain it as a 
separate package for at least a year or so anyway: perhaps it might as 
well be an OF package during that time?

Colin