[MacPorts] #69210: octave-<packagename> @ all! Broken links to Octave forge site need to be replaced with links to the new Octave packages site
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#69210: octave-<packagename> @ all! Broken links to Octave forge site need to be
replaced with links to the new Octave packages site
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Reporter: acp29 | Owner: (none)
Type: update | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
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Hi there,
I am a maintainer and developer at GNU Octave. I have noticed that (I
think) all of the packages on MacPorts for GNU Octave have hyperlinks to
the abandoned Octave Forge site. The new website for Octave packages
(including those that were on Octave Forge is now [https://gnu-
octave.github.io/packages/]. The transition from Sourceforge to GitHub has
led to a boom in the contribution of new packages and the development of
existing packages. While the Octave forge site still exists and links for
some old packages may still work, these same packages now exist on the
GitHub Octave Packages site, as do all newer Octave packages.
An example to illustrate the broken links, the new statistics-resampling
package at
[https://ports.macports.org/port/octave-statistics-resampling/]. I have
attached a screenshot with the broken hyperlink circled. The
broken/outdated link is [https://octave.sourceforge.io/statistics-
resampling/]. The link should read: [https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages
/statistics-resampling/]. In other words, all of the octave-<packagename>
ports should have follow the following address structure:
https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/<packagename>
Sorry if this ticket isn't exactly in the format you'd like. Your ticket
guidelines look great for getting the specific info you need to address
problems with specific ports but this is a very general issue which
addresses many ports and is not about the build of the ports.
Kind regards
Andrew Penn
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