Re: [Plplot-devel] Configuration defaults

[Rafael L. <lab...@ps...>]

* Joao Cardoso <jc...@fe...> [2003-03-01 03:30]:

> [snip]
>
> If the user wants to use those techniques he will ponder and rebuild
> plplot. So, making float the default is not that bad. With a proper
> Announcement, users will be warned from the very beginning and will
> configure accordingly.  (But with a proper Announcement we could also say
> that doubles are now the default.)
> 
> Given all the above, I still think that doubles should be the default.

I am pretty convinced by your arguments.  I thought that it would be
straightforward (and acceptable) to cast back and forth all the data
processed with nn/csa.

> Pity we are not MS. We could make "configure" to send us the configure
> summary so we would collect statistics ;-)

Well, you can always implement this and this would work for non-MS systems
too.  Of course, we should not play the Insidious PLplot Big Brother, but
letting users to choose if they wish to send the informations or not.  There
is a package in Debian, called popularity-contest, that sends regularly
reports about what is installed in the system to a specific email address.
We are using this to collect statistics.

Another possibility would be to make a pool at our website.

-- 
Rafael