Re: GNU Octave 3.8.2 builds for Windows - possible to find

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> To: Oliver Heimlich 
> Cc: "tilek.aberra  "help-octave
> Date: 2015/6/19, Fri 17:02
> Subject: Re: GNU Octave 3.8.2 builds for Windows - possible to find
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
>>  From: Oliver Heimlich 
>>  To: Tatsuro MATSUOKA
>>  Cc: "help-octave "tilek.aberra 
>>  Date: 2015/6/19, Fri 14:37
>>  Subject: Re: GNU Octave 3.8.2 builds for Windows - possible to find
>> 
>>  On 19.06.2015 06:38, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>>   Thank you for information and give reply to the binary distribution.
>>>   I will also upload 3.8.2 windows binary with corresponding source on 
> my 
>>  web.
>> 
>>  Yes, that would be helpful.
>> 
>>>   http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   I would be good to add information for mirror of ver.3.8 to the above.
>> 
>>  There are many problems with inofficial mirrors and inofficial binaries:
>>  - Can you make sure that they are unmodified? (in the sense of no illegal 
> or 
>>  harmful modifications)
>>  - You have no control over when the mirror goes offline
>>  - The download may be behind a paywall someday
>>  - etc.
>> 
>>  So, you have a certain degree of responsibility when placing these links 
>>  somewhere and recommending particular mirrors. However, if you can set up a 
> 
>>  mirror yourself, go ahead and place the link in the wiki.
> 
> Before reading your reply I wrote to abandon to upload by myself.
> You are surely alright.
> 
> I will add the octave 3.8.2 windows installer and its source to
> my web site and place link against it.   
>  
> 
>>>   BTW, there is no link from Octave Wiki main page to 
>>  Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows.
>>>   Is this intentional?
>> 
>>  There is “Get installers and sources from http://octave.org/download” at 
> the top 
>>  of the main page, and there you can find the current installer for 
> Microsoft 
>>  Windows.
>> 
>>  The link to Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows can be found at the bottom of the 
> main 
>>  page, under the section “Development”, because it is of minor interest for 
> the 
>>  average user.
> 
> 
> Ah! I have overlooked it. Thanks for the pointer. 
> 
>>  Also, it is beneficial to guide the users to the current stable version, 
> which 
>>  will then back the current development.
> 
> OK, I will add additional information to install octave-forge using 
> src/build_packages.m
> 
> 4.0.0_0 release there are small flaws : 
> Version number of general and signal packages are inconsistent those of 
> archives 
> (tar.gz files).
> io-2.2.7.tar.gz in src directory is buggy.
> 
> Tatsuro 



I have mirrored octave-3.8.2-5-installer.exe on my web site with its source.
http://www.tatsuromatsuoka.com/octave/Eng/Win/


I have made small change for Wiki
http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows#Installers_for_Microsoft_Windows


Remove missing link.
Add 3.8.2 windows binary information.

Instruction to install octave-forge packages and some flaw information will be 
added in near future.

Tatsuro