Re: [Plplot-devel] PDL interface to PLplot

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On 2004-08-20 22:43+0200 Rafael Laboissiere wrote:

> * Alan W. Irwin <ir...@be...> [2004-08-20 10:07]:
>
>> Rafael, I suggest further changes to cf/pdl.ac to enable user control over
>> the pdl option. This option should be turned off by default (since this only
>> works for Debian pdl 2.4.1 until pdl 2.4.2 is released), but of course the
>> user should also be able to turn it on by specifying the appropriate
>> ./configure option (subject to the current tests for pdl and pdl version).
>>
>> Furthermore, I think you should reconsider the name of the option (currently
>> HAS_PDL).  Currently we have macros PL_ARG_ENABLE and PL_ARG_WITH to handle
>> enable_* and with_* forms of options set by users, and I think we should
>> continue to stick to those two forms if at all possible.
>>
>> Once the name is finalized in cf/pdl.ac, an entry for it should be put into
>> cf/summary.ac.  Furthermore, tests/Makefile.am (currently uses has_pdl
>> conditional) and tests/plplot-test.sh.in (currently uses HAS_PDL) will also
>> have to be changed.
>
> Okay, I put your suggestions in my ToDo list, but I cannot tell you when it
> will be done.

This is so short let's do it now rather than wasting time putting it on
some ToDo list.  All that is really needed from you is a decision about
whether to use the "enable" or "with" form of parameter.  Once that decision
is made, I can easily do the rest in a few minutes following what is done
elsewhere in the cf/* files for either PL_ARG_ENABLE or PL_ARG_WITH.

Alan
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