On 2014-01-24 12:08-0000 Phil Rosenberg wrote: > The reason I would prefer to use the LIB_TAG variable is really only neatness. This would mean I could have all my libraries (Plplot and others) in a single directory, as happens on Linux. I would have thought this would have been better for Linux users who would want there libraries in \usr\local\lib or perhaps \usr\local\lib64. So their install prefix will always be \usr\local, regardless of the build type.
> If, however, you have reasons to not want to allow this then that is fine. OK. I will plan at minimum to remove user's ability to set LIB_TAG at the start of the next release cycle. > If you are interested on a user's thoughts on the d suffix, then I agree with you. Even though I know why it is there I have still found myself chasing my tail with link errors because at first glance I thought I had the debug version. However, I think it is still worth differentiating the builds to help users with possible link error diagnoses if they link to the wrong library. Given that most users use the double version then maybe using f for float versions would be better. However for me having no double/float distinguisher would be better than having a confusing d suffix. Thanks for your thoughts on the possible additional step of complete removal of LIB_TAG. I also look forward to hearing what the others here say about this because renaming the libraries we normally distribute (by removing the d suffix that usually occurs) has widespread implications. 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 __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
