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From: ng0@n0.is
To: Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Octave & QtOctave
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 22:10:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181124221022.ankjuz4mdpkoohkn@abyayala> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a7lyzkk2.fsf@gmail.com>

names for packages are (mostly) random, although in some
cases following classiifcations (see python-*, r-*, ...).

The Qt part of Octave is a separate package because making
it just an output would still pull in Qt and the size difference
is huge.

Alex Vong transcribed 856 bytes:
> Hello,
> 
> Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net> writes:
> 
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Happy guix birthday!
> >
> > Quick question, why is the octave package split up into two different
> > public definitions, rather than just having the QtOctave-GUI being a
> > "gui" output, like it is for transmissionBT and some others?
> >
> I would also want to know why it is called qtoctave. My understanding is
> that qtoctave was a GUI frontend to the official octave which is now
> replaced by the official octave GUI.
> 
> > Best,
> > Brett Gilio
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex

  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-24 22:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-24  0:56 Octave & QtOctave Brett Gilio
2018-11-24 13:12 ` Alex Vong
2018-11-24 22:10   ` ng0 [this message]
2018-11-25 14:12     ` Should we rename qtoctave to octave and octave to octave-cli? (was Re: Octave & QtOctave) Alex Vong
2018-11-25 15:49       ` Brett Gilio
2018-11-25 15:58     ` Octave & QtOctave Ludovic Courtès
2018-11-27 17:53       ` Kei Kebreau
2018-11-28 10:47         ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-11-29 16:21           ` swedebugia
2018-12-02 19:25             ` Kei Kebreau
2018-12-02 19:28           ` Kei Kebreau
2018-12-02 21:18             ` swedebugia
2018-12-03  1:07               ` Kei Kebreau
2018-12-04 14:17             ` Alex Vong
2018-12-04 20:53               ` Kei Kebreau
2018-12-06  5:30                 ` Alex Vong
2018-12-06 15:42                   ` Kei Kebreau
2018-12-06 17:50                     ` Alex Vong
2018-12-07 15:52                       ` Kei Kebreau
2018-12-08 18:23                         ` Kei Kebreau

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