On 2008-12-03 17:09-0700 Doug Hunt wrote: > Hi Alan, Jerry, PLplot list. > > I just started updating the perl/PDL examples for plplot and have run into > a question. > > I updated x02.pl to clean it up and add the second plot that was missing > (I have not checked anything into SVN yet). In order to make this work, I > also had to update the PDL::Graphics::PLplot driver, which is part of the > PDL distribution to add interfaces for some plplot routines not included > before. A new PDL version is not likely to be forthcoming for a while, > at least several months, perhaps a year. > > I also maintain a stand-alone version of PDL::Graphics::PLplot on CPAN, so > I could put the required interface changes there. > > My question is this: Would it be better to have complete perl/PDL > examples which depend upon an external PDL module from CPAN, or would it > be better to have incomplete examples that are compatible with the latest > PDL release?
I suggest the former, "complete perl/PDL examples which depend upon an external PDL module from CPAN". Once that work is completed, I would be willing to take responsibility for changing our build system to test for the CPAN version of PDL and change the list of examples in test_perl.sh.in appropriately depending on whether the current official PDL release or the CPAN version is available. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel