[Plplot-general] PLplot Debian packages finally in testing

[Rafael L. <lab...@ps...>]

I am pleased to tell you that the PLplot Debian packages (version 5.2.1-19)
have been finally accepted in the testing distribution.  See:

    http://packages.debian.org/testing/math/<package>.html

Where <package> is one of: libplplot-dev, plplot-tcl-dev, plplot-doc,
libplplot5, plplot-xwin, plplot-gnome, plplot-tcl, plplot-gd, python-plplot,
and octave-plplot.
 
This means that the packages will become part of the forthcoming Debian
release, scheduled for December 2003, provided that no release-critical bugs
are filed against them.  This version of the packages compiled correctly on
the eleven architectures supported by Debian GNU/Linux (ia64, i386, s390,
hppa, powerpc, arm, alpha, sparc, mipsel, m68k, and mips).

The first release of the 5.2.0.cvs.* series of the PLplot Debian packages
was done on February 28, 2003.  It took so long for the packages to get from
the unstable into the testing distribution because of the complex web of
package dependencies (many drivers and language bindings are supported). For
instance, the last thing preventing the entering into testing was the python
2.2 => 2.3 transition in Debian.

For the curious, here are the dependencies of the PLplot packages:

    libplplot-dev:
        libplplot5, libqhull-dev, libfreetype6-dev

    plplot-tcl-dev:
        plplot-tcl, libplplot5

    plplot-doc:
        libplplot5

    libplplot5:
        libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), 
	libg2c0 (>= 1:3.3.1-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3.1-1), libltdl3 (>= 1.5-1),
	libqhull4, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.1-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
	
    plplot-xwin:
        libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), libplplot5 (>= 5.2.1),
	xlibs (>> 4.1.0)

    plplot-gnome:
        gdk-imlib1, libart2 (>= 1.2.13-5), libaudiofile0 (>= 0.2.3-4), 
	libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1), libdb3 (>= 3.2.9-19), libesd0 (>= 0.2.29-1) |
	libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.29-1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), 
	libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgnome32 (>= 1.2.13-5), 
	libgnomesupport0 (>= 1.2.13-5), libgnomeui32 (>= 1.4.2-3),
	libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.10-4), libplplot5 (>= 5.2.1), xlibs (>> 4.1.0)

    plplot-tcl:
        plplot-xwin, iwidgets4, itcl3, itk3, libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1),
	libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), libltdl3 (>= 1.5-1), 
	libplplot5 (>= 5.2.1), libqhull4, tcl8.4 (>= 8.4.2), 
	tk8.4 (>= 8.4.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

    plplot-gd:
        libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), 
	libgd2-noxpm (>= 2.0.15) | libgd2-xpm (>= 2.0.15), 
	libplplot5 (>= 5.2.1)

    python-plplot:
        libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1), libplplot5 (>= 5.2.1), python (>= 2.3),
	python (<< 2.4), python-numeric

    octave-plplot:
        libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3.1-1), libplplot5 (>= 5.2.1),
	libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.1-1), octave2.1 (>= 2.1.50),
	octave2.1 (<< 2.1.51)
	
-- 
Rafael