Re: GNU Octave 3.6.2 Released

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 6, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Lukas Reichlin wrote:

> On 31.05.2012, at 21:52, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
>> On May 31, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Lukas Reichlin wrote:
>> 
>>> I attached my MacPorts portfile. Could be my last one, as I plan to switch 
>>> to Fink. MacPorts doesn't update it anyway …
>>> 
>>> Lukas
>> 
>> I've been wondering if the problem with MacPorts updates is due to a lack of 
>> testing for all the possible variants.
>> 
>> In any event, for the near term I can supply port files for 10.7/X86_64 and 
>> may find even find the time to test a few variants.
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> It's merely a lack of manpower and interest. Variants +g95, +gcc43 and +gcc44 
> are cruft, you can remove them if you like. As you are more experienced in 
> building unix stuff than I am, they might accept you as a maintainer for 
> octave.
> 
> Lukas

I'll pass on being a maintainer, but will continue to experiment with creating 
an app-bundle when have the time.

Ben