On 2012-10-24 20:09+0100 Andrew Ross wrote: >> If everybody is satisfied that forcing shapelib dependency for plmap >> is only a matter of time, then what remains is the decision about >> when/how to force that dependency. In this case, I think we should >> deprecate now in a realistic way. That is plmap becomes a no-op if >> HAVE_SHAPELIB not #defined unless the user specifically opts in (with >> a specific CMake option) to using the code that accesses and uses the >> old format files. We can decide later when to remove that option and >> pull the plug on the old data formats and the code that supports that >> old format depending on user feedback to the opt-in CMake option. For >> example, if we get no reaction at all (which I think is fairly likely) >> to this deprecation period which requires opt-in for the old formats, >> then I think we can safely pull the plug on those old formats for the >> release after this one. > > Alan, > > That sounds like a fine plan. Want me to put the code in place to do this?
Yes please. > We should also update README.release to include this change. Absolutely. 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); the Time Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); 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 __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
