Re: GMP + Octave Interpreter

[taltman]

Hey Paul,

So it sounds like you want an 'Octave CPAN', rather than an Octave
module system, yes? 

If we were to work on it, would the web-space available through SF be
adequate?

Thanks,

~Tomer

On Nov 3, 2003 at 6:45am, address@hidden wrote:

pkienz >Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:45:41 +0000
pkienz >From: address@hidden
pkienz >To: address@hidden, address@hidden
pkienz >Subject: Re: GMP + Octave Interpreter
pkienz >
pkienz >On 3 Nov 2003 at 8:04, Tomer Altman wrote: 
pkienz >> On Nov 3, 2003 at 12:39am, address@hidden wrote:
pkienz >> pkienz >The better solution to my mind is an archive of octave
pkienz >> pkienz >extensions tied directly into octave so that users
pkienz >> pkienz >can discover what packages are available and
pkienz >> pkienz >download them as needed.  However, to date nobody
pkienz >> pkienz >has put such a beast together.
pkienz >> 
pkienz >> Wait, I don't follow you here. You mean instead of the Octave-Forge
pkienz >> index, there should be a menu of extensions to Octave ("*.oct files")
pkienz >> that are bundled with the main distro, and those that are provided by
pkienz >> Octave-Forge, for means of comparison? I'm confused.
pkienz >
pkienz >Not everyone wants every package, and some packages
pkienz >are large or specialized.  Rather than installing
pkienz >octave-forege as a monolithic package, it should be 
pkienz >possible to install individual components as needed.
pkienz >
pkienz >Also not every package that supports octave is part of 
pkienz >octave-forge. We need a service where people can 
pkienz >register their packages with enough information that 
pkienz >they can be automatically built tested and installed 
pkienz >on various octave platforms.  Users can then download 
pkienz >the prebuilt packages for their architecture, or
pkienz >download the source and build it themselves.
pkienz >
pkienz >Paul Kienzle
pkienz >address@hidden
pkienz >



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