Re: [Plplot-devel] Bundling libLASi with plplot

[Rafael L. <rla...@us...>]

I am not going to comment in detail the posts in this thread, but rather
make some remarks.  First, in line with Geoffrey's reasoning, I also
think that it is not a good idea to make a so important driver depend on
C++ instead of being pure C.  I would really prefer to have psttf depend
on paps instead of LASi:

    http://paps.sourceforge.net/

However, rewriting psttf for paps means work and unless we find someone
to do the work, we will have to stick to Andrew's effort (which, BTW, was
a great move, thanks Andrew!).

At any rate, I already packaged LASi for Debian two weeks ago:

    http://bugs.debian.org/361342

The package is still in the NEW queue waiting for ftp-admin approval:

    http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html

As regards bundling LASi with PLplot: I find this, in general, a bad
idea.  However, since the library itself is not widely available, we are
probably left with no other option.  For Debian and its derivatives (like
Ubuntu), at least, this will not be an issue.

-- 
Rafael