From octave-maintainers-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Tue Jul  8 16:16:47 2003
Subject: Re: octave-forge build rules for debian
From: Rafael Laboissiere <laboissiere at psy dot mpg dot de>
To: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Cc: octave-maintainers mailing list <octave-maintainers at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>,    Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:08:59 -0500

* John W. Eaton <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu> [2003-07-08 15:50]:

> I don't see why the directories that have version numbers need to be
> changed.  They are intended for files that belong to a specific
> version of Octave and the API for a specific version is fixed.

You are right.

> It might be useful to subdivide the version-independent directories
> using the API version.  Certainly for the .oct files and perhaps even
> for the .m files as they may also be affected by changes in the
> interface for various built-in functions or even other .m files.
>
> [...]
>
> Good idea or too much additional complexity?

Yes, I think it is a good idea. IMO, we must have API-dependent paths.  This
will make our lives as packagers of octave add-on programs much easier.

-- 
Rafael