Just to comment that I installed PDL-2.007 from CPAN in openSUSE 12.3 64 bit. Everything went perfectly. Seamless install. PDL::NetCDF also installed OK short after.
Thank you all that have worked hard for this release! Cheers Hernán On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Kaj Wiik <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheers to all, many extremely useful improvements! > > Thanks, > Kaj > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It is with great pleasure that the PDL development team > > announces the release of the latest version of the PDL > > Data Language with 64bit platform support. > > > > This release would not have been possible without the > > contributions of developersChris Marshall, Craig DeForest, > > Derek Lamb, Dima Kogan, Rob/Sisyphus, David Mertens, > > Diab Jerius, William Parker, and Henning Glawe. > > > > A special thanks also to those who helped with bug > > reports, problem discussions, and, of course, participation > > in CPAN Testers which has helped to make the best > > tested PDL release ever! > > > > Enjoy and Happy PDL-ing! > > The PDL Development Team > > > > > > > > > > Release Notes for PDL 2.007 -------------------------- > > > > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | BE WARNED: This release includes an update to the internal, | > > | C-level PDL API for PDL versions 2.006 and earlier. This | > > | will require that you re-build any PP or XS modules. Do not | > > | upgrade or install over an existing PDL installation unless | > > | you are prepared to do so!!! | > > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > General Notes: > > > > * PDL computations now use 64bit indexing/addressing if > > your platform supports it (i.e., your perl configuration > > has $Config{ivsize} == 8). > > > > - You can process with pdls with more then 2**32 elements. > > > > - Memory mapped file IO supports up to 8TB files which > > allows much simpler processing of large data files. > > (See mapflex in PDL::IO::FlexRaw for details) > > > > * PDL-2.007 has a new, unified slicing engine and syntax > > that consolidates the multiple slicing variants into > > a backward compatible but now 64bit aware slice. See > > the PDL::Slices for the new syntax that is enabled. > > > > * PDL::FFTW has moved to its own distribution on CPAN > > and is no longer in the PDL core distribution. Look > > for PDL::FFTW3 coming to CPAN soon. > > > > * Some required dependencies have been update to more > > recent versions: > > > > - ExtUtils::MakeMaker now requires version 6.56 or > > higher, the minimum version with CONFIGURE_REQUIRES > > support. > > > > - Perl OpenGL 0.6702 is now required for PDL::Graphics::TriD > > to build. This fixes a number of critical bugs and should > > be a seamless upgrade. > > > > - File::Map version 0.57 is required. This fixes map_anonymous > > support for the >2**32 sizes needed for 64bit support. > > Legacy mmap support for unix platforms is no longer > > supported. The distribution requires File::Map so you > > should not notice the change. > > > > * Incompatible Changes: > > > > - PDL::FFT now uses the same sign convention as FFTW and > > the rest of the world, -1/+1 for forward and reverse > > FFT respectively. > > > > - C/XS API of PDL-2.007 is incompatible with previous > > PDL releases. If you upgrade to PDL-2.007, you *will* > > need to re-install or upgrade *all* dependent XS or PP > > based modules. > > > > - PDL now auto-promotes array refs in many places that > > previously required a piddle (so you can say, e.g., > > "$a->index([2,3])" instead of "$a->index(pdl(2,3))"). > > > > - String syntax for slice() specifications now ignore > > white space. > > > > * The clean up of the PDL core distribution continues and > > PDL-2.007 is no exception. Many bug fixes, documentation > > updates, code and implementation improvements make this > > the best testing PDL release to date. > > > > Highlights: > > > > * FITS IO improvements and fixes: > > > > - Added 'afh" option to rfits to allow explicit use of > > legacy hash parser for performance reasons. > > > > - New multiple extension writing support for wfits. > > > > * Added pp_deprecate_module() to PDL::PP > > > > * New mode/modeover functions in PDL::Ufunc > > > > * Made exception handling in slices more robust. > > > > * PDL::CLONE_SKIP added for improved ithread support. > > > > * Updated graticule() in PDL::Transform::Cartography to > > support NaN-delimited output. > > > > * Bugs fixes: > > > > - Fix %hash randomization bugs in PDL tests > > > > - Fix OpenBSD pthread build problem for non-threaded perls > > > > - Fix PDL::shape to return vector for 1-D piddles > > > > - Fix badvalue-on-truncate support for map and for interpND > > > > - Fix for MSVC++ 6.0 to build on 32bit systems. > > MSVC++ 6.0 cannot be used to build 64bit index support. > > > > - Fix polyfit() handling of BAD values and various edge cases. > > > > - Fix rare "Bizarre copy of HASH in scalar assignment" > > > > - Fix rcols with colsep and $PDL::undefval > > > > - Fix sf.net bug #331 "uniq does not always return proper object" > > > > - Fix sf.net bug #338 PDL::FFT uses backwards sign convention from > FFTW > > > > - Make PDL::NiceSlice preserve line numbering (sf.net feature #75) > > > > - PDL::IO::GD->new() is now less picky about it args, and no longer > crashes > > > > - Two bug fixes to transform.pd, and an augmentation > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Perldl mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > -- Hernán De Angelis http://talesoficeandstone.blogspot.se/
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