> You can get SciPDL version 2.4.10 from the PDL files > on sf.net. Start from http://pdl.perl.org and click on > Get PDL->Easiest possible install->Mac OS X for a > binary. PDL pretty much builds out of the box so if > someone wants to maintain the MacPorts distribution > that would be fine with me.
i'd like to mention that in the python-verse there are a few SciPDL-like options such as the enthought python distribution (EPD). however, a survey of python users (at least astronomical ones) found that a significant plurality (~40%) used python and python utilities provided by either linux or macports package managers. here's the link: http://astrofrog.github.com/blog/2013/01/13/what-python-installations-are-scientists-using/ the take-away, i think, is that the more easily users can 'apt-get' or 'port install' up-to-date versions of PDL, the more PDL users you'll get. if someone would like to take up the macports torch, i'm attaching a copy of the Portfile i use to maintain my personal copy of p5-pdl. one thing i've never gotten to work to my satisfaction is getting the pdldoc database built and installed properly under either a port or rpm build environment. the builds are done in a temporary directory and the install staged to a different temporary directory. if run normally, the scantree.pl script would hard-code those temporary filenames into the database. a workaround was to run scantree post-install, but then the resulting files ended up not under package manager control. i haven't had time or motivation to deal with it further so have just left it as-is. tim
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