Re: Last call for issues affecting release of gnuplot 5.0

[Karl R. <ra...@un...>]

On 30.12.2014 19:45, sfeam wrote:
> I think the last major wxWidgets + wxgtk 3.0 bug got squashed just
> 10 days ago.  So if you have not tested since then, please give it
> another try.   

Those "Glib-Critical" warnings
(see  http://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/1401 )
still appear on my system with wxgtk30/glib2.42, and I noticed that
sometimes (once in fifty plots or so, not really reproducible) the
terminal window gets filled in grey, no plot, no menubar. That is on
xubuntu 14.10.

>>> As it is, "qt" will now be the default terminal on Windows. We should
>>> discuss if this should really stay that way. At least this change and
>>> the known issues should be mentioned in the release notes. Please also
>>> note that most Windows users will use the binaries provided.
> So, what's the opinion on letting wxt be the default terminal on 
> Windows?  This would be the "least surprise" option.

I´ve been using the 5.0-rc/5.1 windows binaries with wxt (both from
Tatsuro (64bit,wxt30) and sf.net/homebuilt (32bit, wxt28)) for half
a year now at work, with no apparent problems.

wxt probably is a safer bet, for now.

  Karl




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