Re: Octave for Windows updates

[Andy Adler]

I have been using this build and I really like it. Especially the way
it doesn't interfere with cygwin.

Two comments:
1. It can be make significantly smaller. I think you can almost halve
the file size by removing unnecessary stuff.

2. Octave starts up really slowly (on two different w2k machines) in an 
rxvt.
However, if I start in in a shell instead
"C:\Program Files\GNU Octave\bin\sh.exe" -e /bin/octave_startup.sh
it starts almost immediately.
Has anyone else seen this? Do you know why?

andy

Agustin Barto wrote:

> Your right. Sorry about that. I think I'll change the name of the package name 
> to
>
> octave-2.1.36-YYYYMMDDSS.exe
>
> starting from
>
> octave-2.1.36-2002092400.exe
>
> If someone has a better idea, please let me know. I'll be changing the file 
> this afternoon (afternoon on gmt-3).
>
> On Tuesday 24 September 2002 09:12, you wrote:
>  
>
> > Dear Agustin:
> >
> > In light of the "stream" of OfW updates, wouldn't it be a good idea to
> > start with some sort of version numbering for the package? e.g.
> > octave+forge-3.5.67 or so.
> > People now have no way of checking whether their last downloaded version
> > is indeed the most recent one, and if problems arise with one of the OfW
> > versions it may be easier to track down which versions are affected and
> > which are not.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Philip Nienhuis
> >    





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