Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite)

[Carnë Draug]

On 3 June 2016 at 23:19, Sebastian <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Am 03.06.2016 um 23:55 schrieb Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
>>
>> [...]
>> The link to the beta installer is getting too much traffic for DropBox.
>>
>>       Error (429)
>>
>>       This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been 
>> temporarily disabled!
>>
>> Perhaps it is time for a more appropriate host. What is needed to add a 
>> “mac” directory to ftp.gnu.org.gnu/octave?
>>
>>       https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/mac
>>
>> And how are uploads managed?
>
> I could convince dropbox to give me more traffic but indeed I would be
> a good time to switch.
>
> Sebastian
>

There is still the problem that a homebrew build is not a build with
free tools.  I was under the impression that wouldn't be acceptable
on the gnu servers.

Octave Forge has historically been the place to distribute such
non-official builds.  I can upload them there if you want it.

Carnë