On 2006-12-06 22:08-0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] Most people who have Perl do not have PDL installed, and > the binding in the relevant Perl module (PDL::Graphics::PLplot) are, > as the name implies, dependent on PDL. This module is maintained by a > member of the PDL project and is distributed by as a part of PDL.
That's the key issue. Rafael was the guy maintaining it as part of PDL, and he is not doing that any more. So if we don't find a replacement developer willing to work on the Perl/PDL interface to PLplot it will probably fall into disrepair. You have also argued that external development of the Perl/PDL interface was not too bad (and I agree), but I know there are some advantages to doing it as part of PLplot as well (such as the important issue of windows platform availability). Anyhow, the decision about external versus internal is really up to whoever decides to volunteer for this. If they decide to take over Rafael's work that is fine (although it would be a shame to lose windows availability). If they decide to do it as part of PLplot, I wish to point out that a lot of the work (the SWIG API file, bindings/swig-support/plplotcapi.i) has already been done. Thus adding Perl/PDL (or any of the other languages covered by SWIG) should be straightforward. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the Yorick front-end to PLplot (yplot.sf.net); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
