On 7/25/2010 10:57 AM, Daniel Carrera wrote: > I've made another update. The most significant change is the addition > of an 'install' page: > > http://pdl.perl.org/future/?page=install > > I'll say it right now: This page sucks. I hate it.
I like it. It provides the key info when it is known and makes it clear where to go for information on specific platforms. > At best, this page is a stop-gag measure until PDL 2.4.7 brings some > installation sanity and someone provides *updated* instructions. The > problem is that the wiki instructions are so grossly incomplete and > out of date. The instructions for Windows say that they only apply to > PDL 2.4.3 (!!!!) and the page for OS X only links to Karl's website. > In turn, Karl's website has install files that are **3 years** out of > date, and instructions that are **4 years** out of date. As discussed, it takes time and effort to get working documentation starting with finding people willing to do it on each platform. > I think we should just admit that we don't support OS X. In fact, I > don't include OS X at all in the install page I wrote. It's depressing > to think that, as bad as it is, this page is actually an improvement > over going to the wiki. At least it doesn't give you umpteen > instructions for Linux, all of which are 3 years old. Actually, we support OS X at the same level as other unix-type OSes from the level of building from source. I don't know how the SciKarl dmg package compares to apt-get, yum, or other linux/unix/*bsd package managers. > Anyway, I just wanted to be honest about the current status. The lack > of updated and correct install instructions is the biggest gaping hole > on the website and the documentation. I really hope that PDL 2.4.7 > allows us to resolve this pressing issue. Finding volunteers to work up current install directions would also help with the clean-install testing of PDL-2.4.7. As a starting point, one could begin work with PDL git or one of the recent CPAN developers releases. Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
