Re: Is the 3.8 "release ” official?

[Torsten]

On 31.12.2013 15:10, PhilipNienhuis wrote:
> An obvious "political" solution is to put up a meager (or maybe more
> politically: "lean") binary on OF with just a few OF packages then.
> 
> As to me I don't mind much whether a lean or complete binary (like the 3.6.4
> MinGW & MSVC binaries) would be on OF.  I'd be OK with it.
> But given the recurring discussions about more prominent reminders for
> donations, even binaries for sale, I figured that could be accommodated in
> some way as well.
> 
> It is a bit sad that apparently we haven't prepared so well for this moment,
> in spite of the discussions in the recent past. It's understandable - we are
> a technical bunch, not so much practical business-minded (no complaint or
> reproach!).
> 
> Philip

I agree that we should provide a smaller binary like the actual
mxe-cross-builts containing a script for installing a few included
packages. With the script the user can easily figure out how to install
further packages. If the binary is still hosted on OF I would like to
suggest a direct link from the download page
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html
to OF. At the moment only the wiki about installing octave ion windows
contains a link to OF.

A more comfortable installer with selectable OF-packages might then be
subject to reminders on donations or whatever we think is suitable.

Torsten