Re: GMP + Octave Interpreter

[taltman]

Ah, now I see. Yes, we need a CPAN/CRAN -type anonymous contribution
trove of M-files. Better to be on the side of many, but possibly
disorganized, files, than a dearth of files. Perl is a classic example
of that you don't need formal, polished "Toolbox" code organization (
though it would be great if people did do that ) & distribution, in
order to amplify the user community via sharing.

Just my $0.02,

~Tomer



On Nov 4, 2003 at 8:13am, address@hidden wrote:

pkienz >Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 08:13:37 +0000
pkienz >From: address@hidden
pkienz >To: address@hidden, address@hidden
pkienz >Subject: Re: GMP + Octave Interpreter
pkienz >
pkienz >On 3 Nov 2003 at 10:49, address@hidden wrote:
pkienz >
pkienz >
pkienz >I want apt-get, complete with dependencies and the ability
pkienz >to build from source.
pkienz >
pkienz >I would also like to support matlab, so that packages such as 
pkienz >Alois' TSA toolbox can be installed on either octave or matlab.
pkienz >
pkienz >Please look at the CRAN site for how they've done it for R.
pkienz >
pkienz >I don't know if this is doable in source-forge.
pkienz >
pkienz >Paul Kienzle
pkienz >address@hidden
pkienz >
pkienz >> Hey Paul,
pkienz >> 
pkienz >> So it sounds like you want an 'Octave CPAN', rather than an Octave
pkienz >> module system, yes? 
pkienz >> 
pkienz >> If we were to work on it, would the web-space available through SF be
pkienz >> adequate?
pkienz >> 
pkienz >> Thanks,
pkienz >> 
pkienz >> ~Tomer
pkienz >> 
pkienz >> On Nov 3, 2003 at 6:45am, address@hidden wrote:
pkienz >> 
pkienz >> pkienz >Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:45:41 +0000
pkienz >> pkienz >From: address@hidden
pkienz >> pkienz >To: address@hidden, address@hidden
pkienz >> pkienz >Subject: Re: GMP + Octave Interpreter
pkienz >> pkienz >
pkienz >> pkienz >On 3 Nov 2003 at 8:04, Tomer Altman wrote: 
pkienz >> pkienz >> On Nov 3, 2003 at 12:39am, address@hidden wrote:
pkienz >> pkienz >> pkienz >The better solution to my mind is an archive of 
octave
pkienz >> pkienz >> pkienz >extensions tied directly into octave so that users
pkienz >> pkienz >> pkienz >can discover what packages are available and
pkienz >> pkienz >> pkienz >download them as needed.  However, to date nobody
pkienz >> pkienz >> pkienz >has put such a beast together.
pkienz >> pkienz >> 
pkienz >> pkienz >> Wait, I don't follow you here. You mean instead of the 
Octave-Forge
pkienz >> pkienz >> index, there should be a menu of extensions to Octave 
("*.oct files")
pkienz >> pkienz >> that are bundled with the main distro, and those that are 
provided by
pkienz >> pkienz >> Octave-Forge, for means of comparison? I'm confused.
pkienz >> pkienz >
pkienz >> pkienz >Not everyone wants every package, and some packages
pkienz >> pkienz >are large or specialized.  Rather than installing
pkienz >> pkienz >octave-forege as a monolithic package, it should be 
pkienz >> pkienz >possible to install individual components as needed.
pkienz >> pkienz >
pkienz >> pkienz >Also not every package that supports octave is part of 
pkienz >> pkienz >octave-forge. We need a service where people can 
pkienz >> pkienz >register their packages with enough information that 
pkienz >> pkienz >they can be automatically built tested and installed 
pkienz >> pkienz >on various octave platforms.  Users can then download 
pkienz >> pkienz >the prebuilt packages for their architecture, or
pkienz >> pkienz >download the source and build it themselves.
pkienz >> pkienz >
pkienz >> pkienz >Paul Kienzle
pkienz >> pkienz >address@hidden
pkienz >> pkienz >
pkienz >> 
pkienz >
pkienz >
pkienz >



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