Re: GNU Octave 3.6.2 Released

[Lukas Reichlin]

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