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After further consideration, the coming March
release will be version PDL-2.006 to allow for an
upcoming major PDL-3.000 release later this
year.

Apologies for any confusion,
Chris

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...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

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