Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2008-12-03 17:09-0700 Doug Hunt wrote: > >> Hi Alan, Jerry, PLplot list. >> >> I just started updating the perl/PDL examples for plplot and have run into >> a question. >> >> I updated x02.pl to clean it up and add the second plot that was missing >> (I have not checked anything into SVN yet). In order to make this work, I >> also had to update the PDL::Graphics::PLplot driver, which is part of the >> PDL distribution to add interfaces for some plplot routines not included >> before. A new PDL version is not likely to be forthcoming for a while, >> at least several months, perhaps a year.
I would like to see PDL point releases to be "less major". Every two years is not so snappy... :-) As a model going forward, we could issue a developers release of PDL-2.4.4_xx and see how it fairs with testing. If no breakage, then we could push out an official release after. >> I also maintain a stand-alone version of PDL::Graphics::PLplot on CPAN, so >> I could put the required interface changes there. >> >> My question is this: Would it be better to have complete perl/PDL >> examples which depend upon an external PDL module from CPAN, or would it >> be better to have incomplete examples that are compatible with the latest >> PDL release? > > I suggest the former, "complete perl/PDL examples which depend upon an > external PDL module from CPAN". Once that work is completed, I would be > willing to take responsibility for changing our build system to test for the > CPAN version of PDL and change the list of examples in test_perl.sh.in > appropriately depending on whether the current official PDL release or the > CPAN version is available. One of the ideas for PDL development going forward is to move to a more modular architecture rather than one big blob. That would allow for better testing and support for the components rather than waiting for enough steam for a full PDL release. Functionality that is decoupled from the core PDL implementation should be developable and releasable independantly from the PDL core. Implementing the separate solution will provide a good data point on these ideas....even if the release cycle for PDL as a whole is tightened. --Chris _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
