Hi Alan, see my reply to a previous message.
Regards, Arjen > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:23 AM > To: Arjen Markus; PLplot development list > Cc: phil rosenberg > Subject: epa_build now gives a clean comprehensive test result on MinGW/MSYS > for "plplot-lite" > > Hi Arjen: > > As of revision 13051, I have implemented a typographical error fix that > allows the > test_tclsh_standard_examples target to work on MinGW/MSYS. When this change > is combined with a previous commit (which for MinGW/MSYS continued to enable > the test_pltcl_standard_examples target, but which removed that target from > the list > of overall interactive test dependencies because of > <http://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/bugs/144/>) the result is an epa_build of the > build_plplot_lite target using - > DCOMPREHENSIVE_PLPLOT_TEST_INTERACTIVE=ON works for the very first > time on my MinGW/MSYS/Wine platform. When this is combined with my previous > (just before the release of plplot-5.10.0) good results for an epa_build of > the > build_plplot_lite target using - > DCOMPREHENSIVE_PLPLOT_TEST_NONINTERACTIVE=ON, it appears we now > have a clean bill of health for the "lite" version (excluding qt, cairo, > wxwidgets, > octave, and X) of PLplot on MinGW/MSYS. > > To do such a complete test on Wine takes me several days of cpu time because > of > the horrible Wine startup latency issues I have remarked on in the past. So > I prefer > not to do such a test very often when the alternative for someone else with > access > to the Microsoft version of Windows should be an hour or so of cpu time. (On > Linux, > the equivalent tests of a complete version of PLplot take roughly an hour of > cpu > time so I assume the Microsoft Windows platform will finish comprehensive > tests of > the lite version of PLplot in substantially less than an hour.) > > Therefore, will you please confirm these results on your Microsoft version of > Windows, and after that please confirm > http://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/bugs/144/ on > that platform to make sure that bug is not due to some issue with my Wine > platform? > > We are still early in the release cycle for the forthcoming release of > PLplot-5.11.0 so there may be a tendency on your part to assume testing is not > important at this stage. But on the contrary I think it is most important > now to > establish some definitive test benchmarks for the MinGW/MSYS/Microsoft Windows > platform. If you are willing to do that, then near the end of this release > cycle you will > only have to repeat these "canned" tests for substantially less thanan hour > of cpu > time to assure that no regressions have been introduced for the MinGW/MSYS > platform by any changes we make in this release cycle. That is a much better > situation than me performing these tests on Wine at the end of this release > cycle > which would substantially delay the release because of the days of cpu time > that > would require. > > 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 > __________________________ DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
