Re: [Plplot-devel] Important questions on timing and implementation of merge of the AT branch into MAIN HEAD

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

On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Joao Cardoso wrote:

> On Saturday 30 November 2002 02:40, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> > I ask for your comments below on both the timing and implementation of
> > merging the AT branch into CVS HEAD.  But before getting to that here is
> > the summary of where the AT project stands at the moment.
> ...
>
> > (3) octave
> >
> > ******************* (conservative date for merge)
> >
> > (4) static drivers
> >
> > (5) deal with cross platform glitches.
> ...
>
> > The "+++" line above would only inconvenience Joao, I believe.  Joao, do
> > you mind doing the automake change for octave on CVS HEAD after the merge
> > or do you want to do it on the AT branch before the merge?  I will help as
> > much as you like in either case.
>
> I don't mind ( I prefer) doing it after the merge.

Thanks, Joao.  That simplifies the decision making.  So the merge date now
depends on my progress with tk and drivers (moving well), either Maurice or
Geoffrey reviewing my proposed cvs commands for the big merge and finally
solving the "2.53" problem you just found with the scripts called by
bootstrap.sh (see below).

> But I tried to
> configure/build AT without success.

Thanks very much for giving AT a try and thus finding the bootstrap.sh
problems for your system.  I have just committed a change which I believe
will solve that problem.

The commit message explains why 2.13 stuff got back into AT, but I believe I
have eliminated it now.

So please try it again, and let me know the results.

By the way, I cannot detect 2.13 legacy stuff in AT because Debian still
supports it in a legacy mode.

From the description of the Debian autoconf package:

"This version (2.53) of autoconf contains many changes from the previous
release, version 2.13.  For now, it depends on autoconf2.13 to provide
compatibility. This will eventually go away, so please upgrade your
autoconfiscations."

So your help is essential is making sure AT is fine for a pure 2.53 system.

Alan

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