Re: Release plan for gnuplot 4.0

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Petr Mikulik wrote:

> I propose to release gnuplot 4.0 now -- within 1 or 2 weeks max.
> 
> From the implementation point of view, the following should be done:
> 
> * Fix gplt_x11.c to compile on OS/2 again (my mail from few minutes ago)
> 
> * SF Bug "885279 Reading '%s' timefmt is not 64 bit safe" to be included
>   or not?

And we really should go through *all* the open bugs currently listed on SF
and check their status, fix those that are either fixed or non-bugs, and
consider what to do with the others.  Some will probably remain unchanged
(e.g.  my own long-time favourite, "short log axes get bad autotics").

> Optional: release gnuplot-3.8k right now as 4.0 prerelease, 

I'm all for it.  IIRC, Lars can make a 3.8k release tarball by a single
'make' call, anytime.

> and 4.0 when all the files with new version 4 are edited.

... and 3.8k has had at least a week or two to give people a chance to
actually test it, and shake out the bugs.

> Further, gnuplot deserves new web page. I've made some work for that. Please
> have a look at
>     physics.muni.cz/~mikulik/gp/gpweb-001.zip

Why post a .zip file?  It would make a good deal more sense to put the
actual pages on your web.

> Can someone contribute link to an archive of the gnuplot newsgroups?

http://groups.google.com ?

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
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