octavePackages: remove broken packages

pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   stdenv,
   pkgs,
+  config,
   lib,
   fetchurl,
   gfortran,
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     octavePackages = import ../../../top-level/octave-packages.nix {
       pkgs = allPkgs;
       inherit
+        config
         lib
         stdenv
         fetchurl

pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # from outside, we can `inherit` them from `pkgs`.
 {
   pkgs,
+  config,
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
@@ -91,12 +92,6 @@ makeScope newScope (
 
     econometrics = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/econometrics { };
 
-    fem-fenics = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/fem-fenics {
-      # PLACEHOLDER until KarlJoad gets dolfin packaged.
-      dolfin = null;
-      ffc = null;
-    };
-
     fits = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/fits { };
 
     financial = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/financial { };
@@ -131,8 +126,6 @@ makeScope newScope (
 
     interval = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/interval { };
 
-    level-set = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/level-set { };
-
     linear-algebra = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/linear-algebra { };
 
     lssa = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/lssa { };
@@ -182,8 +175,6 @@ makeScope newScope (
 
     optiminterp = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/optiminterp { };
 
-    parallel = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/parallel { };
-
     quaternion = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/quaternion { };
 
     queueing = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/queueing { };
@@ -192,8 +183,6 @@ makeScope newScope (
 
     sockets = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/sockets { };
 
-    sparsersb = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/sparsersb { };
-
     stk = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/stk { };
 
     splines = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/splines { };
@@ -208,27 +197,24 @@ makeScope newScope (
       inherit (octave) python;
     };
 
-    tisean = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/tisean { };
-
     tsa = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/tsa { };
 
-    vibes = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/vibes {
-      vibes = null;
-      # TODO: Need to package vibes:
-      # https://github.com/ENSTABretagneRobotics/VIBES
-    };
-
     video = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/video { };
 
-    vrml = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/vrml {
-      freewrl = null;
-    };
-
     windows = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/windows { };
 
     zeromq = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/zeromq {
       inherit (pkgs) zeromq autoreconfHook;
     };
 
   }
+  // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
+    fem-fenics = throw "octavePackages.fem-fenics has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
+    level-set = throw "octavePackages.level-set has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
+    parallel = throw "octavePackages.parallel has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
+    sparsersb = throw "octavePackages.sparsersb has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
+    tisean = throw "octavePackages.tisean has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
+    vibes = throw "octavePackages.vibes has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
+    vrml = throw "octavePackages.vrml has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
+  }
 )