Alan W. Irwin wrote: >The command > >find sys -type d |grep -v .svn > >reveals the following subdirectories of sys (edited to get rid of redundancy): > >sys/mac >sys/win32 >sys/os2 >sys/unix >sys/dos/msc >sys/dos/djgpp >sys/dos/bcc >sys/dos/emx >sys/win-tk > >My judgement is sys/mac, sys/os2, sys/unix, sys/dos/msc, sys/dos/bcc, >sys/dos/emx, and sys/win-tk are of historical interest only and simply >confuse release tarball users so I have eliminated those directories from >our next release tarball by modifying the list of regex's contained in >CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES in our top-level CMakeLists.txt. That just leaves >sys/dos/djgpp and sys/win32 from the sys tree that will currently be >included in the tarball. > >I assume Andrew Roach wants to continue to support DJGPP (since there is no >CMake-based alternative) so sys/dos/djgpp should stay in unless we hear >differently from him. > >Important question for Arjen (the historical maintainer of sys/win32): Do >you want to drop sys/win32 from the next release tarball now that most >(all?) windows users are using the more powerful CMake alternative? > >Please go ahead and put > >"^${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sys/win32" > >in the CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES list if your decision is to drop sys/win32. > > > Hello Alan,
(just back from my holidays, hence the late reply) I agree that it makes little sense keeping the sys/win32 directory in the release tarball. I will add the line as you suggest to keep it out. (The repository still has the sources and the revisions, so we can always check these, if necessary) Regards, Arjen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel