Re: Different Octave Versions

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* David Bateman <address@hidden> [2007-04-14 11:03]:

> Markus Feldmann wrote:
> > i am using Octave under Debian Etch.
> > Therefor i wanna know why are there 2 different Octave Versions?
> > The first is 2.1 and the other is 2.9.
> > What is the Differents?
>
> See
> 
> http://www.octave.org/download.html
> 
> where it says
>
> <quote>
> [snip]
>
> Octave version                Version         Release Date
> Stable (also currently
> ancient and obsolete)         2.0.17          12 Apr 2002
> Testing (you probably
> want this)            2.1.73          27 Mar 2006
> Development (latest
> features, but expect a
> few rough spots)      2.9.10          27 Mar 2007
> </quote>
> 
> though 2.9.10 is pretty stable for everyday use, [...]

Note that only 2.9.9 is available in Debian etch.  2.9.10 is available in
lenny, but it breaks octave2.9-forge.  The Debian Octave Group is currently
trying to sort out the problems.

-- 
Rafael