Re: [Plplot-devel] This next release cycle should finish in early 2018

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On 2017-09-09 14:21+0200 Ole Streicher wrote:

> Hi Alan,
>
>
> On 29.08.2017 19:48, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>> To summarize, I think you should do multiple builds for python 2.7,
>> 3.5, and 3.6 (with relatively small extra build cost), but I agree you
>> should stick strictly to Qt5 for our Qt-related components because Qt4
>> is about to be removed from Debian.
>
> in the last days, I managed to create the Debian package for the new
> plplot version. Since there are changes in the Debian package structure
> (new and renamed packages), it has to be approved by our ftp-masters,
> and therefore I uploaded a pre-release to our "experimental" branch
> (also to prepare the required recompilation of the dependent packages).
> As long as the new package is not accepted, you will find the metadata here:
>
> https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/plplot_5.13.0%2Bdfsg-1~exp1.html
>
> For the Python stuff, I finally used a patch that builds for all
> available Python versions. The patch is Debian specific and
> straightforward, and I intend to maintain it together with the Debian
> package. For curiosity, I however attach it.
>
> The current upload is not the final version; I intend to still add f.e.
> Continuous Integration tests. So if you feel that we should still change
> things, we can.

Hi Ole:

I did take a quick look at the above URL but saw no obvious issues. 
So it appears your Debian repackaging efforts have been a complete
success for our latest version of PLplot.  Congratulations on that
achievement!

Once your CI tests are implemented, will those test the master branch
of PLplot against changes on that branch or will those test fixed
PLplot-5.13.0 against any further packaging changes that you do and
also general Debian Sid changes?

Alan
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