Hi Geoffrey, > > If a new/improved set of Plplot Tcl/Tk widgets were to come along, > which > worked only with Tcl/Tk 8.5+, what would people expect to happen > with the > older stuff that works with Tcl/Tk 8.4-? > > If a new/improved set of PLplot Python widgets were to come along, > which > worked only with Python 3.1+ + Tcl/Tk 8.5+, what would people expect > to > happen with the older stuff that works with Python 2.6- and Tcl/Tk > 8.4-?
Would it be okay to tell them to use the PLplot 5.x versions? I see this often in Open Source, that new versions of software only support the latest versions of its dependencies. So, if it's important for you to maintain compatibility with older systems, you need to stay with PLplot 5.x and if you want the new features of PLplot 6.x you need an OS with updated development tools. If we branch off PLplot 5.9 we could still provide some sort of support, like backporting of bug fixes or so. Also ask the users to adjust their code is not much too ask. e.g. for the wxWidgets library that's "normal". A change in the minor version number (e.g 2.6 to 2.8) means, that it's possible you need to change your code. Mostly these are small changes, but still the user can't anticipate that his code will compile "out-of-the-box". Sometimes people complain, but nobody forces you to use the new version. But if you want the new features of wxWidgets ... So, I think it's ok to raise also the minimal version number of dependencies required. Regards, Werner > > -- > Geoff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-devel mailing list > Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel -- Dr. Werner Smekal Institut fuer Angewandte Physik Technische Universitaet Wien Wiedner Hauptstr 8-10 A-1040 Wien Austria DVR-Nr: 0005886 email: sme...@iap.tuwien.ac.at web: http://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/~smekal phone: +43-(0)1-58801-13463 (office) +43-(0)1-58801-13469 (laboratory) fax: +43-(0)1-58801-13499 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
