Re: [Plplot-devel] Aspirin for autoheadache

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

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:

> * Alan W. Irwin <ir...@be...> [2003-01-30 19:10]:

> > Also, all sorts of X configuration is currently done in sysloc.in, and much
> > like the python case I just completed I would rather use the automake
> > macros to configure X to simplify what we do if that is at all possible.
>
> This is a good idea.  We should try to use standard approaches when they
> exist. For instance, why not starting using /usr/share/aclocal/tcl.m4
> instead of that complete messy code for Tcl/Tk configuration in sysloc.in?

I won't have time/expertise to look at that Tcl/Tk-specific one myself, but
it would be great if Maurice would....;-)

> > Are there any other configuration changes anybody wants to tackle before
> > 5.2.1 comes out?
>
> One thing that we must try to achieve is to make "make dist" produce a
> suitable tarball.  Otherwise, I have a couple of small ideas on how to
> improve PLplot such that packaging for Debian (and probably for other
> distros) will be much better.  By the way, I would like to merge the DEBIAN
> branch into HEAD before 5.2.1 comes out.

That merge would be great. Just watch out for zombied files with bad CVS
state information!  I think I got them all, but a merge tests that
completely.

> > Currently, I am thinking of releasing 5.2.1 on 1 March which gives roughly
> > 4 weeks for us to improve the configuration and hammer the result with a
> > variety of tests on a variety of platforms so we don't get egg on our face
> > again.  However, that date is just a suggestion at this point.  If some of
> > the issues I mentioned above take longer than expected to fix we may have
> > to delay the release until even later.
>
> I will be unavailable during part of February, so this schedule will not
> suit me the best.  April 1 would be much better, but that may become
> unacceptably late.

No, that is fine with me (or actually a weekend later).  My current job ends
on 31 March so the difference for me between March 1st and April 1st is 4
time-pressured weekends where I will probably be involved in a last-minute
job-finishing rush while from April 1st to April 5th gives me a lot more
time to concentrate on the testing and release.

So how does Saturday, April 5th sound to the rest of you?

Alan