Hello, 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. What do we think of including such toolboxes in Fedora? They are: - open source - require MATLab only at runtime (so they do not need MATLab to build). I would personally prefer if MATLab wasn't used in research, and the scientific community is certainly moving to Python. However, the fact is this will take time and there are current eco-systems around MATLab. [1] https://pagure.io/neuro-sig/NeuroFedora/issues [2] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/SPM [3] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/SPM/Octave -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London
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