Can you be specific about what the precise bug is that you think is worth a Stable Release Update (SRU)? It also helps to be specific in your bug report that what you want is an SRU (since the development release already has octave 4.0.3).
I don't think that it is possible to SRU octave in 16.04 because of the liboctave3 -> liboctave3v5 library transition. As you mentioned, an easy workaround for any user is to configure and install octave from the PPA ppa:octave/stable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624696 Title: Octave package need upgrade to 4.0.3 from 4.0.0 as there is a problem with printf in the older release To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1624696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
