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Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite)


From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA
Subject: Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite)
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 10:01:22 +0900 (JST)

> From: Ben Abbott 

> To: Mike Miller ; octave-maintainers
> Cc: Sebastian Schöps 
> Date: 2016/6/4, Sat 06:55
> Subject: Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X 
> Yosemite)
> 
> Switching to the maintainers list
> 
>>  On Jun 3, 2016, at 7:09 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>>  On Jun 3, 2016, at 1:46 AM, Sebastian Schöps <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  Mike Miller-4 wrote
>>>>  This reads to me like you are both suggesting that this 
> homebrew-based
>>>>  binary installer could become an official installer for any OS X 
> user,
>>>>  is that right?
>>> 
>>>  Yes. We somehow need to take of the dependencies and it seems a clever
>>>  choice to to this via a package manager. There are three possibilities 
> for
>>>  the Mac Fink, Macports and homebrew. We chose because a couple of 
> reasons,
>>>  mainly because of "social reasons", i.e, the homebrew 
> community is very open
>>>  and super responsive.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Mike Miller-4 wrote
>>>>  If yes, then can someone please update the primary OS X wiki page 
> to
>>>>  make the binary downloader be immediately visible and primary on 
> that
>>>>  page? I think visitors to the page
>>>> 
>>>>  http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X
>> 
>>  I’ve made some changes yesterday and more today. Essentially I elevated the 
> bundle info from the bottom of the page to the top and added links to the 
> downloads, as suggested. Please take a look.
>> 
>>      http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Installing_a_Mac_OS_X_Bundle
>> 
>>  Ben
> 
> The link to the beta installer is getting too much traffic for DropBox.
> 
>     Error (429)
> 
>     This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been 
> temporarily disabled!
> 
> Perhaps it is time for a more appropriate host. What is needed to add a “mac” 
> directory to ftp.gnu.org.gnu/octave?
> 
>     https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/mac
> 
> And how are uploads managed?
> 
> Ben


I am not a Mac user but I see many posts that ask the way to install octave 
into MacOSX
in the bbs in Japan.

I also think that it is very nice if Octave for OS X is able be downloaded from 
the octave ftp site.

Tatsuro 



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