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[PATCH] gnu: octave: Add audio and Qt GUI support.

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From: Kei Kebreau <kkebreau <at> posteo.net>
To: ng0+guixpatches <at> n0.is
Cc: 30259 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#30259] [PATCH] gnu: octave: Add audio and Qt GUI support.
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:14:52 -0500

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ng0+guixpatches <at> n0.is writes:

> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, Kei Kebreau <kkebreau <at> posteo.net> wrote:
>> ng0+guixpatches <at> n0.is writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, ng0+guixpatches <at> n0.is wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, Kei Kebreau <kkebreau <at> posteo.net> wrote:
>>>>> * gnu/packages/maths.scm (octave)[inputs]: Add qscintilla, qt, suitesparse,
>>>>> libsndfile, portaudio and alsa-lib.
>>>>> [native-inputs]: Add qttools.
>>>>> [arguments]: Add 'patch-qscintilla-library-name' phase.
>>>>
>>>> Woo! Nice :) I've started work on the Qt GUI a while ago but
>>>> never finished it. Do you think we should split this into octave
>>>> and octave-qt (or octave-gui)? Qt is quiet huge and not everyone
>>>> will want this I think.
>>>>
>>>> Building this now and getting back to you with results.
>>>>
> […]
>>> Build, compiled, installed, LGTM and works for me. At least the
>>> minimal basics I've tested.
>>>
>>
>> Excellent! Thanks for testing this.
>>
>>> However I still think we should split it later on. I'm not sure
>>> if other systems just provide it in one piece or if they provide
>>> octave-cli, octave-qt, etc.
>>> In my scenario we don't have substitutes for Qt all the time and
>>> someone running a
>>> machine which isn't capable of building Qt wants to use octave.
>>
>> I agree that this package should be split. Should a split be made now
>> while we leave the lighter CLI-only Octave package available on master,
>> or should it be postponed until later on?
>>
>
> It could be done later on, but if you think it wouldn't be too
> much work you could do it now.

Done, I think!

> Ideally this would leave 'octave' as it is and add
> 'octave-whatever' ... octave-qt? Debian calls the package (with
> just the Qt Gui) "qtoctave". octave-* should be reserved for
> extensions (which we don't have right now), so maybe qtoctave
> would fit into our naming scheme?
>
>
>  / I think I'm going to switch the subscribed address once more,
>  now that I have proper filtering I don't need the server-side
>  filtering. /

Can you (and/or any bystanders reading this) test these?

[0001-gnu-octave-Add-audio-and-more-sparse-matrix-support.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0002-gnu-Add-qtoctave.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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