...and yes, you _can_ help! :-) The clock is ticking down towards the March release of PDL-3.000 (previously known as PDL-2.4.12). Please see the list discussion at
http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/pipermail//pdl-porters/2013-February/005330.html for details and context. The original focus of the coming release was to roll out the existing fixes to win32 build problems which were preventing out of the box builds for ASPerl. But with all the bugs fixed, docs improvements and the maturing of two new modules for PDL graphics: PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot and PDL::Graphics::Prima, this looks to me a significant release for all platforms. We're in the testing/checkout/docs phase of the new release. Here is a list of items that you might contribute to the release effort: - test build for your platforms (if you can participate in CPAN Testers reports, all the better!). See this link for how http://wiki.cpantesters.org/wiki/QuickStart - test with feedback for the new graphics modules: PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot (currently you'll need to build from the git repository). An announcment will be made when a current CPAN release is made (i.e., one more recent than version 1.3). http://github.com/drzowie/PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot http://search.cpan.org/~zowie/PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot-1.3/ PDL::Graphics::Prima (again, to get the latest, you'll need to build from the git repository, location available on the module info at http://search.cpan.org below). An announcement will be made when an update to the CPAN releases is made. For this module, of special interest, is the PDL::Graphics::Prima;:Simple functionality. Feedback and bug/problems/questions welcome. http://search.cpan.org/~dcmertens/PDL-Graphics-Prima-0.12/ - check PDL as a dependency (if you have a module that has a dependency on PDL, please confirm that our change in version number does not cause problems. The release is planned to be PDL-3.000 in order to make it *completely* clear that this release is more current than all extant PDL releases) - doc updates, PDL Book updates,... - we're looking for volunteers to support Mac OS X platforms for PDL. Specifically, someone to maintain macports and keep it up to date. It would also be nice if someone would contribute to updating the SciPDL all-in-one bundle for Mac OS X. Thanks, Chris _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
