Re: Getting rid of 3.4.0 dmg

[Carnë Draug]

On 28 May 2012 21:44, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On May 28, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Carnë Draug wrote:
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>> On 28 May 2012 15:00, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> On May 28, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Carnë Draug wrote:
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>>>> On 28 May 2012 12:48, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> Can we get rid of the 3.4.0 MacOSX dmg from OF? It's old,
>>>>> unmaintained, and I don't think it works at all anymore on newer Apple
>>>>> products. There are working packages for Homebrew and Fink (and
>>>>> macports?). Can we replace it with instructions on how to install with
>>>>> any of those?
>>>>
>>>> Just send me a patch for the main page and I'll apply it. Maybe
>>>> replacing the link for the binaries by a link to a page on the wiki
>>>> with instructions for Mac?
>>>>
>>>> Carnë
>>>
>>> It is sufficient to like to the Fink, MacPorts, and Homebrew homepages and 
>>> add instructions for installing Octave via these package managers to the 
>>> wiki ?
>>
>> I think so yes, but the Mac page on the wiki seems to be quite old
>> (looking at the history, it's pretty much a port from the old wiki)
>> and recommends the binaries from octave-forge. So I'd just link it to
>> the an updated wiki page and have the links for Fink, MacPorts and
>> Homebrew there.
>>
>> Carnë
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> Which page on the wiki did you look at? The one below, or another?
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>        http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle

No, I had look at http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_Mac