Ankur Sinha wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> While packaging software for NeuroFedora[1], we've got quite a few
> MATLab toolboxes that are commonly used in scientific research on our
> list. SPM[2] is a good example. It is *widely* used in NeuroImaging
> research. While it is somewhat compatible with Octave, upstream does not
> support it[3]. Since correctness is paramount with such toolboxes, at
> present, they must be used with MATLab.
> 
> What do we think of including such toolboxes in Fedora? They are:
> - open source
> - require MATLab only at runtime (so they do not need MATLab to build).

Generally no, if this guideline applies:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:What_Can_Be_Packaged#Packages_which_are_not_useful_without_external_code

Depends how much of a loophole you want if using octave is a viable runtime 
option.

-- Rex

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