Ankur Sinha wrote:
While packaging software for NeuroFedora[1], we've got quite a
few
MATLab toolboxes that are commonly used in scientific research on our
list. SPM[2] is a good example. It is *widely* used in NeuroImaging
research. While it is somewhat compatible with Octave, upstream does not
support it[3]. Since correctness is paramount with such toolboxes, at
present, they must be used with MATLab.
The rule in Fedora is: If you want this to be in Fedora, this has to be
packaged for Octave with a Requires: octave, even if upstream does not
support it. Software in Fedora cannot depend on software that is not part of
Fedora.
Kevin Kofler