RE: ga octave package maintenance

[JohnD]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan Pablo Carbajal [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 10:27 AM
> To: edmund ronald
> Cc: JohnD; Maintainers GNU Octave
> Subject: Re: ga octave package maintenance
> 
> If the package is not working and not being actively maintained is
> shouldn't it be archived and removed form the packages installable
> from octave forge?


Im OK with maintaining it as in applying bug fixes, verifying it will install 
etc, which was my initial question.


Another question, and probably should be a new email subject is how does anyone 
know what is maintained or not?

Date last released? The ga package was last released 2012. But given that is 
has been installing OK until the 4.4 release and didn’t have any major issues, 
was it maintained or unmaintained?

There are also a number of other packages that are maintained but have yet to 
have new releases so that they will work for 4.4, so maintained or unmaintained 
?

How much is the package used or is it not used by anyone, should perhaps also 
be a factor on whether a package is just let sink into the archive oblivion or 
should be picked up by someone if possible, but can we tell that ?