On Mar 12, 2015, at 3:38 PM, "Alan W. Irwin" <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote:

> Hi Jim:
> 
> Here are the results of a simple test I tried with -DPLD_plmeta=ON
> 
> # Build what is relevant
> make plrender
> make plmeta
> make x01c
> make ps
> 
> # Test
> examples/c/x01c -dev psc -o test1.psc
> examples/c/x01c -dev plmeta -o test.plmeta
> utils/plrender test.plmeta -dev psc -o test2.psc
> 
> There were no build issues and no run time issues.  However, test1.psc
> was quite different (text size, etc.,) from test2.psc, and I was under
> the impression that the effect of all your recent plmeta/plrender
> changes was those two files should be identical (modulo the
> possibility of some small rounding errors).
> 

I left plrender to behave like it did before my changes in order not to cause 
any issues if it was being used.  I did not feel the code I had written was 
ready for the release.

> This issue is not release critical (since -DPLD_plmeta=OFF by
> default), and I definitely don't plan to push any further
> plmeta/plrender changes prior to the release (deep freeze and all
> that) nor try -DPLD_plmeta=ON again until post-release.  However, I
> did notice this issue so I thought I should bring it to your
> attention, and I encourage you to follow up immediately on a topic
> branch with the goal of pushing the plmeta/plrender fix for this issue
> soon after the release.
> 

I am planning to pick it up after release.


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