All- 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 _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
