Re: Octave v4.4 in PPA

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El dimarts, 29 de maig de 2018, a les 9:25:18 EDT, Richard Crozier va escriure:

  
  On 29/05/18 14:11, Oliver Heimlich wrote:
  > Am 29. Mai 2018 14:28:05 MESZ schrieb Richard Crozier <address@hidden>:
  >> Dear list,
  >>
  >> Are there any plans to update the "GNU Octave stable releases" Ubuntu
  >> ppa with the latest release (4.4)? I might be able to help with this if
  >>
  >> there are specific tasks that need done to make this happen.
  >>
  >> Regards,
  >>
  >> Richard
  > 
  > Dear Richard,
  > 
  > I guess that the Ubuntu PPA will be updated after upgrading Octave to 
version 4.4 in Debian.
  > 
  
  really? I thought one of the purposes of an Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package 
  Archive) was to make the latest versions of a package available before 
  it was packaged officially in a distribution.
  
  
  > The latter is currently delayed, because several Octave Forge packages are 
not compatible with Octave 4.4 anymore. There has been some progress lately 
with new package releases on Octave Forge. IIRC, these haven't been pushed in 
Debian yet. Also some packages still might need some work to become compatible 
with Octave 4.4.
  > 
  > Best
  > Oliver
  > 
  
  For a PPA which users have to actively seek out and install, I think 
  there might be less expectation of every forge package working 
  correctly. It would be nice to at least have the option to use the 
  latest release in a relatively easy way. I'm asking because I have a 
  user who wants to use some software I've written which only works in 4.4 
  and it's really quite difficult to get 4.4 if you don't build it 
  yourself from source, which is non-trivial for the average user.
  
  I also think it's a pity that it's actually easier to get Octave 4.4 for 
  Windows than Ubuntu.
  
  Having said all that, I realise there is significant work in maintaining 
  a ppa, hence the offer of help if possible.
  
  Richard
  

I used to use the ppa but now there is a flatpak package, which may replace it: 
https://github.com/flathub/org.octave.Octave

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