Re: [Plplot-devel] CMake minimum version has just been bumped

2016-02-09 Thread Alan W. Irwin
After thinking about this issue some more I have decided to adopt for the short term a minimum CMake version of 3.0.2 for Linux, and 3.3.2 for all other platforms. See for the rules of thumb for Linux and non-Linux

Re: [Plplot-devel] CMake minimum version has just been bumped

2016-02-07 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2016-02-07 12:29-0800 Greg Jung wrote: > The platform where bugs are appearing is MSVC because of the new OS. Hi Greg: There were clearly some MSVC bugs in immature versions of both 3.3 and 3.4 so that is why I avoid such immature versions when setting the minimum version. So the current cho

Re: [Plplot-devel] CMake minimum version has just been bumped

2016-02-07 Thread Greg Jung
Hi all, Alan> > Anyhow, I don't think we are asking too much of our MSVC users (and > users of other platforms without a coherent free software > distribution) to download or build CMake every 3 months or so as > 3.3.z, 3.4.z, etc., mature. Note, I am not asking you to do that for > your Linux and

Re: [Plplot-devel] CMake minimum version has just been bumped

2016-02-07 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2016-02-06 23:09-0800 Greg Jung wrote: > I'd like to make a pitch for maintaining a lower general cmake minimum > until > more compelling bug fixes or features are introduced. > I have over 6 platforms standardized on cmake 3.3.2. > Maybe the new version requirement should be restricted to tho

Re: [Plplot-devel] CMake minimum version has just been bumped

2016-02-06 Thread Greg Jung
I'd like to make a pitch for maintaining a lower general cmake minimum until more compelling bug fixes or features are introduced. I have over 6 platforms standardized on cmake 3.3.2. Maybe the new version requirement should be restricted to those platforms where they are needed? And an update m

[Plplot-devel] CMake minimum version has just been bumped

2016-02-06 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2015-12-10 11:17-0800 Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2015-12-10 10:54- Phil Rosenberg wrote: > >> Hi Alan >> This is just a note about cmake version bumping. You have been >> increasing the required CMake version lately, which I generally have >> no problem with, however CMake 3.4.1 seems to hav