[Plplot-cvs] SF.net SVN: plplot:[9725] trunk/README.release

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Revision: 9725
          http://plplot.svn.sourceforge.net/plplot/?rev=9725&view=rev
Author:   airwin
Date:     2009-03-11 18:22:33 +0000 (Wed, 11 Mar 2009)

Log Message:
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Add writeup for test-drv-info effort.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/README.release

Modified: trunk/README.release
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--- trunk/README.release	2009-03-11 17:59:00 UTC (rev 9724)
+++ trunk/README.release	2009-03-11 18:22:33 UTC (rev 9725)
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 1. Changes relative to PLplot 5.9.2 (the previous development release)
 
 1.1 libnistcd (a.k.a. libcd) now built internally for -dev cgm
+1.2 get-drv-info now changed to test-drv-info
 
 2. Changes relative to PLplot 5.8.0 (the previous stable release)
 
@@ -87,9 +88,8 @@
 2.23 Dynamic driver support in Windows
 2.24 Documentation updates
 2.25 libnistcd (a.k.a. libcd) now built internally for -dev cgm
+2.26 get-drv-info now changed to test-drv-info
 
-
-
 1. Changes relative to PLplot 5.9.2 (the previous development release)
 
 1.1 libnistcd (a.k.a. libcd) now built internally for -dev cgm
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@
 non-Hershey fonts, but both those should be possible using libnistcd according
 to the text that is shown by lib/nistcd/cdtext.cgm and lib/nistcd/cdexp1.cgm.
 
+1.2 get-drv-info now changed to test-drv-info
+
+To make cross-building much easier for PLplot we now configure the *.rc
+files that are used to describe our various dynamic devices rather than
+generating the required *.rc files with get-drv-info.  We have changed the
+name of get-drv-info to test-drv-info.  That name is more appropriate
+because that executable has always tested dynamic loading of the driver
+plug-ins as well as generating the *.rc files from the information gleaned
+from that dynamic loading.  Now, we simply run test-drv-info as an option
+(defaults to ON unless cross-building is enabled) and compare the resulting
+*.rc file with the one configured by cmake to be sure the dynamic device
+has been built correctly.
+
 2. Changes relative to PLplot 5.8.0 (the previous stable release)
 
 2.1 All autotools-related files have now been removed
@@ -449,3 +462,16 @@
 non-Hershey fonts, but both those should be possible using libnistcd according
 to the text that is shown by lib/nistcd/cdtext.cgm and lib/nistcd/cdexp1.cgm.
 
+2.26 get-drv-info now changed to test-drv-info
+
+To make cross-building much easier for PLplot we now configure the *.rc
+files that are used to describe our various dynamic devices rather than
+generating the required *.rc files with get-drv-info.  We have changed the
+name of get-drv-info to test-drv-info.  That name is more appropriate
+because that executable has always tested dynamic loading of the driver
+plug-ins as well as generating the *.rc files from the information gleaned
+from that dynamic loading.  Now, we simply run test-drv-info as an option
+(defaults to ON unless cross-building is enabled) and compare the resulting
+*.rc file with the one configured by cmake to be sure the dynamic device
+has been built correctly.
+


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