Re: Win32 build of gnuplot 5.0.2

[Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...>]

----- Original Message -----

> From: sfeam 
> To: gnuplot-beta; Tatsuro MATSUOKA <tmacchant3>
> Cc: bmaerkisch
> Date: 2016/2/3, Wed 16:11
> Subject: Re: Win32 build of gnuplot 5.0.2
> 
> On Tuesday, 02 February 2016 07:43:54 PM Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>>  > From: Bastian Märkisch 
>>  > To: gnuplot-beta 
>>  > Cc: 
>>  > Date: 2016/1/27, Wed 16:16
>>  > Subject: Win32 build of gnuplot 5.0.2
>>  > 
>>  > Hi,
>>  > 
>>  > you can find a binary build of gnuplot 5.0.2 for Windows using Mingw32 
> at
>>  > 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/files/gnuplot/5.0%20release%20candidates/
>>  > The installer and the zip package have both been downloaded around 90 
>>  > times so far (without an announcement).
>>  > 
>>  > My build environment etc. differs quite a bit from the previous builds 
> 
>>  > done by Tatsuro Matsuoka. In particular my libraries are older and I 
> do 
>>  > not have Mingw64 installed, so I cannot provide 64bit builds.
>>  > 
>>  > Feedback from testers would be greatly appreciated before moving this 
> to 
>>  > the 5.0.2 release directory.
>>  > 
>>  >    Bastian
>> 
>> 
>>  A bug report
>>  http://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/1731/
>> 
>>  #1731 Font size no longer taken into account in wxt terminals, 5.0.2
>> 
>> 
>>  was sent to the tracker and Ethan made a patch.
> 
> Yes. But 2 more problems turned up after that patch.
> The code in CVS is now correct, but the patch attached to the tracker item is 
> not sufficient.
> 
> The wxt, qt, and aqua terminals have all had bug-fixes since the 5.0.2 tarball 
> release.
> I am wondering if it is worth making a new release 5.0.3 even though it has only 
> been
> one month since 5.0.2.  What do you think?
> 
> 
>     Ethan

My opinion is that it is better fixed source will be released as 5.0.3.

Tatsuro