Re: Octave & QtOctave

[Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>]

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swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net> writes:

> On 2018-12-02 20:28, Kei Kebreau wrote:
> snip
>
>> Here are two tentative patches that make the changes we've discussed.
>
> Nice
>
>> Also, should we make a deprecated-package definition for qtoctave?
>
> Yes, that sounds like a good idea to me.

Here's the new second patch, then.


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From 663441af034b6bd7a3bd24866d3721cac21be221 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 23:37:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Rename "qtoctave" to "octave".

* gnu/packages/maths.scm (qtoctave): Define in terms of 'deprectated-package'.
(octave): New variable, formerly known as "qtoctave".
---
 gnu/packages/maths.scm | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index bcd70232f..67be8b807 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -1497,9 +1497,9 @@ Work may be performed both at the interactive command-line as well as via
 script files.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
-(define-public qtoctave
+(define-public octave
   (package (inherit octave-cli)
-    (name "qtoctave")
+    (name "octave")
     (source (origin
               (inherit (package-source octave-cli))))
     (inputs
@@ -1525,6 +1525,9 @@ script files.")
                   "qscintilla2_qt5"))
                #t))))))))
 
+(define-public qtoctave
+  (deprecated-package "qtoctave" octave))
+
 (define-public opencascade-oce
   (package
     (name "opencascade-oce")
-- 
2.19.2