Re: Add tclab to forge repository?

Kai,

Thanks for the tip on creating my own tar.gz to distribute. The TCLab is
used at ~50 universities and so far 7000 have been distributed or produced.
I'll start with something like https://apmonitor.com/tclab-v0.0.1.tar.gz
Most users are Python and Matlab but I'd also like to make an Octave
version available.

-John

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 10:33 PM Kai Torben Ohlhus <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 6/10/20 9:12 AM, John Hedengren wrote:
> > I'm working on an Octave package for teaching programming and control
> > called tclab. We have a similar package on pypi for Python:
> > https://pypi.org/project/tclab/ available with *pip install tclab*.
> > Here is more information on the community initiative:
> > https://apmonitor.com/heat.htm
> >
> > What are the qualifications for adding a new package to forge? I'd like
> > to make it available with:
> > *
> > *
> > *pkg install -forge tclab *
> >
> > The web-site recommended that I join this group and start a discussion
> > on adding it. It looks like many of the other packages are substantial
> > toolboxes and this is only a small .m script to facilitate the Arduino
> > lab connection - I'm not sure if it belongs.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > John Hedengren
> > GEKKO Optimization Suite
> > https://machinelearning.byu.edu
> >
>
>
> Dear John Hedengren,
>
> Thank you for your interest in creating an Octave package.  The
> requirements for Octave Forge are listed here [1].  Please note, that an
> Octave package is not necessarily an Octave "Forge" package.  Octave
> Forge I would define as "managed hosting location for general purpose
> packages".
>
> It seems to me, you are maintaining a special purpose package for a
> distinct audience (students of your university), that requires a special
> hardware, that is only available in your lab?  I think in your case
> using Octave Forge might not be worth the effort then.
>
> If your students are using GNU Octave and your Octave code is built as
> Octave package [2], you can tell your students to install packages by
> giving an URL to an Octave package archive.  For example pythonic [3]:
>
>   pkg install
>
> https://gitlab.com/mtmiller/octave-pythonic/-/archive/v0.0.1/octave-pythonic-v0.0.1.tar.gz
>
> This works with Octave 4.4 and newer.  The URL is admittedly a little
> longer, but I think this is for your project the way to go.
>
> Kai
>
> [1] https://octave.sourceforge.io/developers.php
> [2] https://octave.org/doc/v5.2.0/Creating-Packages.html#Creating-Packages
> [3] https://gitlab.com/mtmiller/octave-pythonic
>


-- 
Best regards,

John Hedengren
GEKKO Optimization Suite
https://machinelearning.byu.edu