names for packages are (mostly) random, although in some cases following classiifcations (see python-*, r-*, ...).
The Qt part of Octave is a separate package because making it just an output would still pull in Qt and the size difference is huge. Alex Vong transcribed 856 bytes: > Hello, > > Brett Gilio <bre...@posteo.net> writes: > > > Hey all, > > > > Happy guix birthday! > > > > Quick question, why is the octave package split up into two different > > public definitions, rather than just having the QtOctave-GUI being a > > "gui" output, like it is for transmissionBT and some others? > > > I would also want to know why it is called qtoctave. My understanding is > that qtoctave was a GUI frontend to the official octave which is now > replaced by the official octave GUI. > > > Best, > > Brett Gilio > > Cheers, > Alex
