The issue is every binary bundle needs a maintainer with access to the system in question and a virgin test system. And it's all non-trivial.
Volunteers for Linux and Win32 are welcome. Though Linux might be a nightmare. Karl On 30/07/2010, at 10:20 PM, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Hi Chris, > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Chris Marshall wrote: >> Daniel Carrera wrote: >>> >>> Maybe we should make a "SciPerl" distribution >>> that includes PDL plus other stuff, >>> statically compiled if necessary. Add >>> PDL::Stats, and whatever else seems useful. >> >> I would expect a SciPerl (from the name) to be >> more cross-platform than just working on the Mac. > > That is exactly how I meant it. Cross-platform. It doesn't see right > to make a special Mac-only distribution with more than just PDL (as > Karl said) and not do the same for other platforms. So I wanted to > talk about making a cross-platform SciPerl that has the extra > features. > > >> PDL-2.4.7 will be a big improvement over >> PDL-2.4.6 but the one thing that *won't* be >> ready is making PDL build cross-platform >> without expert intervention or a manual build >> by recipe. > > :-( > >> How about something like a SciPDL bundle for >> Macs? I'm not sure we're ready to take on >> the scientific distribution for all of perl. > > Why not call it "PDL Bundle" then? > > > Daniel. > -- > Intolerant people should be shot. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
