Re: Release 5.2.4

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

Windows binary packages are updated with correct gnuplot.pdf uploaded on the web.

Binary packages for Windows (64-bit)
    gp524-win64-mingw_1.7z      complete package (mingw)
    gp524-win64-mingw_1.exe     binary self-installer (mingw) 

Binary packages for Windows (32-bit)
    gp524-win32-mingw_1.7z      complete package (mingw)
    gp524-win32-mingw_1.exe     binary self-installer (mingw)

File names are changed from first uploaded ones (_1 is added). 

Tatsuro



----- Original Message -----
> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA <tma...@ya...>
> To: Merritt Ethan <sf...@us...>; gnu...@li...
> Cc: 
> Date: 2018/6/6, Wed 13:21
> Subject: Re: Release 5.2.4
> 
> OK.
> 
> I understand. 
> 
> 
> However, windows binary packages now include gnuplot.pdf with incorrect version 
> number 
> because packaging system for windows uses pdf files generated from source.
> I can correct them manually.
> 
> Please allow me to make corrected windows binary packages and upload on the web.
> 
> Tatsuro
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: sfeam <sf...@us...>
>>  To: gnu...@li...; Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> <tma...@ya...>
>>  Cc: 
>>  Date: 2018/6/6, Wed 11:26
>>  Subject: Re: Release 5.2.4
>> 
>>  On Wednesday, 06 June 2018 10:06:39 Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>>   Shigeharu Takeno found that
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   In docs/titlepag.tex in gnuplot-5.2.4.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   There described
>>> 
>>>   %  31 May 2017 Version 5.2
>>>      Version 5.2.3 (May 2018)
>>> 
>>>   gnuplot.pdf on SourceForge, the version number is 5.2.4 but source for 
> 
>>  document tar ball
>>>   is still 5.2.3.
>> 
>>  Yes. That is true.
>>  But the content of the manual (docs/gnuplot.doc) has not changed
>>  except for one sentence about the new ARGV array variable.
>> 
>>>   I propose to make a fixed tar ball named like gnuplot-5.2.4-1.tar.gz.
>> 
>>  In the past, people have complained about relabeling the source tarball
>>  or changing its content.  If a change is necessary, the policy is that
>>  we increment the patchlevel to create a new minor release version.
>>  But it seems unreasonable to create a release 5.2.5 only so that we
>>  can change the version stamp on the title page of the pdf documentation.
>> 
>>  By the way, the gnuplot.pdf on the download site itself correctly 
>>  lists version 5.2.4 on the title page.   I will make sure the copy
>>  linked on the main web page is correct also.
>> 
>>      Ethan
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>>   Tatsuro
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>   > From: sfeam via gnuplot-beta 
>>  <gnu...@li...>
>>>   > To: gnu...@li...
>>>   > Cc: 
>>>   > Date: 2018/6/5, Tue 13:18
>>>   > Subject: Release 5.2.4
>>>   > 
>>>   > Release 5.2.4 source tarball is ready and can be downloaded from
>>>   > 
>>>   >    
>>>   > 
>> 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/files/gnuplot/5.2.4/gnuplot-5.2.4.tar.gz
>>>   > 
>>>   > This release contains
>>>   > - a fix for a serious regression reported against 5.2.3 (spurious
>>>   >   evaluation of logscale coordinates as UNDEFINED)
>>>   > - re-implementation of the "refresh" command to correct 
> 
>>  regressions in
>>>   >   5.2.0 through 5.2.3
>>>   > - sanity checks for several invalid command sequences found by 
> fuzzing
>>>   > - several minor bug-fixes
>>>   > - two recent minor changes back-ported from the development 
> version
>>>   > 
>>>   > Yes it's only been a month since 5.2.3 but I think the 
> regression
>>>   > in plotting logscale axes is serious enough to warrant an 
> immediate 
>>  fix.
>>>   > If you want to test before/after here is a simple trigger for the 
> 
>>  error:
>>>   >     set log y
>>>   >     plot [1:100] x**2, 1/0
>>>   > 
>>>   > Windows binaries will follow eventually.
>>>   > 
>>>   >     happy gnuplotting
>>>   > 
>>>   >         Ethan
>>>   > 
>>>   > 
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