On Thu, 19 May 2011, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Hi,
I just ran into the problem of not being able to use the default gretl
version in the current Ubuntu 11.04.
I know the problem is fixed in a later gretl version; however, to a
normal user it just looks as if it doesn't work, end of story. And given
the popularity of Ubuntu, I think this is bad for gretl's reputation and
its adoption.
So I would advocate one of two solutions:
- either the package maintainer (who is that for Ubuntu?) backports the fix
- alternatively (or minimally) I think the issue should be mentioned on
the gretl frontpage, and workarounds should be explained
Or am I missing something?
I have the feeling that there's little we can on this side of things. A
bug has been open in the Ubuntu bug database since February, and the
correct procedure for having this fixed was posted on 30/4 (see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gretl/+bug/720089). I would
guess it's now up to Canonical to include 1.9.5 from Debian sid in their
updates. I have no idea of what we could do to speed things up.
Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it
http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti