Ankur Sinha wrote: > 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). Generally no, if this guideline applies: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:What_Can_Be_Packaged#Packages_which_are_not_useful_without_external_code Depends how much of a loophole you want if using octave is a viable runtime option. -- Rex _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
