[Dynagraph2-announce] hello; new releases

[Gordon W. <go...@wo...>]

Hello to those who have joined these new mailing lists!

I'm announcing two releases from yesterday:
1.1.5.9 is a stable release with improved build systems.  Using gmake, 
it automatically generates dependencies for quicker building on *nix.
1.1.6.0 is an extremely experimental version which delivers parallel 
edges (a.k.a. multiedges).  However, the drawing is not perfect: if the 
edges are short they will tend to pile up.  And this version is less 
stable (some of the more complicated tests crash).  I am presently 
working on making it more stable and then I will work on the drawing itself.

In the future, I will make release announcements to the users and 
announce mailing lists only, assuming that techies will subscribe to 
more than one list.  Not every release merits an announcement.  The 
users list should be used for questions of general interest, and the 
devel list for more in-depth discussion of ways to improve Dynagraph.

Note on the development process: All Dynagraph development occurs in 
subversion branches; the trunk always contains some old, stable version 
(currently 1.1.5.9).  It may be possible to get newer code directly from 
the repository, but it is not guaranteed to compile on all platforms, as 
the releases should.  For example, the 1.1.7 branch contains 
reconfiguration code that will allow switching layout engines on the 
fly, but it does not yet compile or work on any platform!

Cheers,
Gordon