Re: closing Octave-Forge svn repository

[c.]

On 1 Mar 2016, at 10:48, Carnë Draug <address@hidden> wrote:

> It is a different package with same functions, but seems to have a
> completely different history.
> 
> This ode package is also GPL and was developed until mid 2006.  During summer
> of 2006, someone created odepkg.  Comparing the code in odepkg and ode at that
> point in time they seem to be completely unrelated although they both
> implement ode23, ode45, and ode78.  Soon after, ode was marked as deprecated
> but I don't know why.  The only note says:
> 
>    This package is superceded by main/odepkg.
> 
> Is there anyone around that was an Octave Forge developer in 2006 and is
> able to explain this?  And why didn't odepkg simply replaced ode.  I always
> though that the "pkg" part on "odepkg" was very odd.
> 
> Still, this ode package implements a few functions that do not appear in
> odepkg.  Maybe there's something of interest there?  You can see it online:
> 
>    http://svn.code.sf.net/p/octave/code/trunk/octave-forge/extra/ode/

I think Thomas started odepkg.
Thomas, maybe he can comment on this?
c.