Hi all:  I vote we keep PDL::Slatec out of the 'core' PDL.  I'm trying to 
get rid of dependencies on this module in my code just to make builds 
easier on my systems.

Regards,

   Doug

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UCAR - COSMIC, Tel. (303) 497-2611

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Matthew Kenworthy wrote:

>> use PDL::LiteF;
>> use PDL::NiceSlice;
>> use PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT;
>
> Ah, very familiar to me too!
>
>> and PDL Ultimate versions?? OK, maybe more like PDL Core, PDL Astro, and PDL
>> Ultimate?
>
> I like this a lot - OK, so what would we have in each of the packages then?
>
> My main aches have been with having the correct FORTRAN compiler on
> whatever system I'm using - be it f77, g77, or some other flavour. If
> you drop modules that require FORTRAN from the Core package, I'd
> suspect that it would be a simple install.
>
> Core:
> - no graphics
> NiceSlice
> Slatec (but requires FORTRAN!)
> - any modules that do not require external libraries.
>
> Astro:
> - As above, but with:
> FITS
> HDF
> Slatec (but should this be in Core?)
> PGPLOT or PLplot
>
> Ultimate:
> - As many modules that will build and test successfully on your system.
>
> Probably much better ways to do it than this though.....
>
> Matt
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