Bug#799394: h5utils: Hardcodes dependency on liboctave3, which is being replaced by liboctave3v5

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

On 18-09-15 20:25, Niels Thykier wrote:
> While working on completing the GCC-5 related transitions, we noticed
> that h5utils is hardcoding a dependency on liboctave3.  However,
> liboctave3 has been renamed to liboctave3v5 as a part of the GCC-5
> transition.  Being hardcoded, we cannot binNMU h5utils to get rid of
> this dependency and instead require a sourceful upload to fix it.

This was added for the previous octave transition (#793150), because the
dependency was not detected automatically. Now we get to change it
again, yay :-(.

I think I'll drop the octave support to not have to spend any more time
on this broken dependency handling.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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Bug#799394: h5utils: Hardcodes dependency on liboctave3, which is being replaced by liboctave3v5

[Niels Thykier]

Package: h5utils
Version: 1.12.1-3
Severity: serious

Hi,

While working on completing the GCC-5 related transitions, we noticed
that h5utils is hardcoding a dependency on liboctave3.  However,
liboctave3 has been renamed to liboctave3v5 as a part of the GCC-5
transition.  Being hardcoded, we cannot binNMU h5utils to get rid of
this dependency and instead require a sourceful upload to fix it.

Thanks,
~Niels