On 14 February 2012 15:49, Carnë Draug <carandraug+...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 13 February 2012 21:31, Michael Goffioul <michael.goffi...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Alois Schloegl >> <alois.schlo...@ist.ac.at> wrote: >>> There is not a strict dependency between these, most parts of these >>> toolboxes can be used independently. There is only a very small overlap, >>> namely >>> inst/sumskipnan.m >>> inst/covm.m >>> src/sumskipnan_mex.mex >>> src/covm_mex.mex >> >> This is probably the same for any other dependency: when a package >> depends on another, it doesn't mean it's using the full set of >> functions provided by that package, just a few of them. >> >>> One could make another small package (e.g. SkipNaN) out of this subset, and >>> define the dependency against this newly introduced package. However, I'm >>> hesitant to do this because users would need to download two instead of one >>> package, and the SkipNaN-functions are only useful in combination with TSA- >>> or NaN-tb. >>> >>> >>> What's happening if both packages are loaded? >>> >>> These functions are exactly the same in both packages, so it does not matter >>> which is installed first. >> >> Besides the fact that it can be confusing for the user, that's only >> true as long as the 2 versions are kept in sync. This also means that >> whenever you make a change to one of those 2 MEX files, you'll have to >> release both packages at the same time and make sure to tell those >> users who happen to have both packages installed that they need to >> upgrade both of them (otherwise you don't know which version the user >> will end up using). > > I agree with Michael. As an example, the image package has the signal > package as dependency because of one single function. > > If you are to do this, and since the NaN package actually shadows many > of octave-core functions, I would suggest to have those functions in > the tsa package so that one can use it without changing the "normal" > behaviour of octave.
I'm a bit confused now. The NaN package already is a dependency of tsa so why the doubled functions? Carnë ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
