Can't build GNU Octave because of missing/broken hdf5?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:36, Simon Ruderich wrote:

> I have a more general question about this. Can I/we just commit a  
> quick
> fix for this or should we wait for the maintainer? As Bernard
> Desgraupes says the update works so it should be no problem. Also the
> ticket is already 3 days old.

Guide says "If the maintainer does not respond within 72 hours, you  
or another committer may review the patches and update the port." So  
you should feel free to commit the change now.