[OctDev] Re: Directory Structure

[Matthew W. R. <ma...@ne...>]

>   What are the claim of the Sourceforge Octave repository?I feel
>   it is caught between the Octave distro and individual
>   developers. How should a endish-user look at it?

Eventually I want the repository to provide Octave "toolkits" that
users can easily install on their system.

Another key part of the repository will be maintaining documentation
so that users will know how to use the toolkits, and find the one
that fits their needs.

> 
>   The official distro is stable and installs through 'make
>   install', or by installing a binary package. Functions are
>   accessible through the command line, doc through html/texi/ps. 
> 
>   This way of installing is simple to understand.

I like what Dirk Eddelbuettel has done with Octave on Debian/Linux.
Eventually, I want to have RPMs, DEBs, Win32 installers, etc. for
the "toolkits" to make installing and upgrading easy.

>   One possible claim could be : "Allow end-users to get a desired
>   functionality easily". Another could be "Provide links / archive
>   of all contributed octave development". Or is it something else?

My immediate goal is the second option, since that is the easiest.
I want to move gradually to the first option. 

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Matthew W. Roberts
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