[Plplot-cvs] SF.net SVN: plplot:[10520] trunk/README.release

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Revision: 10520
          http://plplot.svn.sourceforge.net/plplot/?rev=10520&view=rev
Author:   airwin
Date:     2009-10-11 15:48:14 +0000 (Sun, 11 Oct 2009)

Log Message:
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Change the name of the next release to 5.9.6.

Retire pbm device driver.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/README.release

Modified: trunk/README.release
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--- trunk/README.release	2009-10-10 16:47:37 UTC (rev 10519)
+++ trunk/README.release	2009-10-11 15:48:14 UTC (rev 10520)
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-PLplot Release 5.10.0
+PLplot Release 5.9.6
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-This is a stable release of PLplot. It represents the ongoing efforts
+This is a development release of PLplot. It represents the ongoing efforts
 of the community to improve the PLplot plotting package. Development 
-releases in the 5.11.x series will be available every few months. The next 
-stable release will be 5.12.0.
+releases in the 5.9.x series will be available every few months. The next 
+stable release will be 5.10.0.
 
      If you encounter a problem that is not already documented in the
-PROBLEMS file, then please send bug reports to PLplot developers via the
-mailing lists at http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=2915 .
+PROBLEMS file or on our bugtracker, then please send bug reports to PLplot
+developers via the mailing lists at
+http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=2915 (preferred) or on our bugtracker
+at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2915&atid=102915.
 
      Please see the license under which this software is distributed
 (LGPL), and the disclaimer of all warranties, given in the COPYING.LIB
 file.
 
-
 Official Notices for Users.
 
 I. As of release 5.9.1 we have removed our previously deprecated
@@ -110,6 +111,18 @@
 as we know there is no more user interest in them. Therefore, we have
 decided to retire these devices rather than fix them.
 
+XIII. As of release 5.9.6 we have retired the pbm driver containing the pbm
+(actually portable pixmap) file device. This device is quite primitive and
+poorly maintained. It ignores unicode fonts (i.e., uses the Hershey font
+fallback), falls back to ugly software fills, doesn't support alpha
+transparency, etc.  It also has a serious run-time issue with example 2
+(double free detected by glibc) which probably indicates some fundamental
+issue with the 100 colours in cmap0 for that example. For those who really
+need portable pixmap results, we suggest using the ImageMagick convert
+programme, e.g., "convert examples/x24c01.pngqt test.ppm" or "convert
+examples/x24c01.pngcairo test.ppm" to produce good-looking portable pixmap
+results from our best png device results.
+
 INDEX
 
 1. Changes relative to PLplot 5.9.5 (the previous development release)


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