-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/23/11 8:22 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 10/23/11 5:39 AM, Viv Kendon wrote:
<snip> >> I won't ask whether it would be more efficient to split octave >> into X11 and Aqua variants, rather than the backend, because I'm >> sure you've considered that... > >> -- Viv ________________________________________________ Dr Viv >> Kendon http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~viv tel: +44 113 343 4864 >> Physics and Astronomy Quantum Information Group University of >> Leeds > > > > I went with a disk-space optimization. > > Since only one oct-file (two in Octave-3.4.6) actually cares about > fltk and X11, I decided just to pull that out and allow users to > pick the interface they wanted, and toggle between the two choices > via installing just the FLTK backends from their small .deb files > rather than swapping the whole, larger, octave324 package. > > I like the idea of saving a build by allowing the two options to > coexist. I do have to pick which one to default to, however, by > our policy, and I'm prejudiced towards Aqua. :-) Unfortunately, having said that, it turns out that the octave interpreter library actually links to X11, but only when the build is configured not to use Aqua. I guess I'll have to have separate Octave variants after all. - -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6kJqYACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ+VfwCfYsLdyJpL8Ry5W3NzZwRu6cZS UzwAoIBhRvuG78eWaiGvbwW7srrHkYr1 =sDoN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
