Re: octave forge packages on a mac

[Ben Abbott]

> On Sep 16, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Lazy_Tom <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Sebastian Schöps wrote
>> 
>> Lazy_Tom wrote
>>> when the octave 4.03 came out in .dmg the macPorts support was
>>> discontinued so I thought to remove the macPort version (keeping
>>> macPorts) and try the 4.03 on .dmg 
>> How do you come to this conclusion? As far as I know the macports port is
>> still under heavy development. The most recent version is 4.0.3. and you
>> can get it here:
>> https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/math/octave/Portfile 
>> If you were happy with macports, then there is no need to switch to the
>> app-bundle. The app-bundle is rather meant for beginners. If you get along
>> with macports I would recommend to continue using it.
> 
> see the official octave website
> (https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html) and the link they give
> for mac installation: http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X
> So, is the phrase  "macPorts approach abandoned" related to the tutorial
> only?? Now I'm confused, the text doesn't look clear, especially if you read
> the whole article :/ 
> Also, due to problems related to conflicts of other ports with Octave it was
> appealing moving to .dmg.
> Given your observations I might try to go back to macPorts.

Macports isn’t dropping support for Octave. It was Octave’s developers who 
dropped support for producing a dmg using Macports. The “official” website is 
for Octave and is not an indication of what the Macports community is 
supporting.

To obtain Octave via Macports, the Octave community has attempted to provide 
some simple instructions …

        http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#MacPorts

… these instructions are *not* provided by the Macports community. The MarPorts 
community has their own website.

        http://www.macports.org

Ben