Hi list,

I actually don't care about this number issues (it's ok for me if we  
go to PLplot 5.146), but wouldn't it be time to step to 6.0 any time  
soon? This time we could really branch PLplot and e.g. remove all  
drivers/code which are(is unmaintained. If someone wants to use these  
drivers/this code, he/she should either volunteer to maintain the  
driver or use the 5.x branch, which we could maintain for some time.  
My considerations are the following:

* PLplot improved/changed a lot over the last years and it's time to  
show the users the the code changed considerably and isn't just "only  
maintained"
* we could use this opportunity to remove code, which is not  
maintained anymore (Alan did already remove some code already)
* we also should use this opportunity to streamline our efforts to  
raise the quality of the project overall.
   - e.g. documentation - for a 6.0 version we could try to improve  
the documentation
   - implement/fix bugs/features/requests on our trackers (also Alan  
started this already)
   - ....
* we could also do some API changes, since it's a new version, so this  
might be the right time to do that.

What I mean is, we could try to agree on a roadmap to a 6.0 version -  
if we implement everything (most of it) 6.0 is released. The timeframe  
wouldn't be anytime soon, but first we could discuss what should be on  
the roadmap and then try to streamline our efforts, i.e. a "bug  
hunting month" or a "documentation month" where all who have time,  
work mostly on one task. Normally these are "bug hunting days", but  
hey let's stay realistic ;). I don't propose that we should do a lot  
of code changes, since I think, that PLplot now already "deserves" a  
major version number change. My proposal is just, that we bring  
everything on par with the code and the make the 6.0 release. We could  
also (as Alan also already started) streamline our testing efforts, so  
that we identify platforms which we support. E.g. nobody of the  
developers here has access to Mac OS X 10.6 obviously so this wouldn't  
be a supported platform. Supported platforms should be tested  
regularily. If we identify all these tasks it would also be easier to  
apply for GSOC. Last year we were really to late to apply for anything.

What do you think? Actually, most of that was already started/ 
discussed by Alan, I just want to streamline the efforts and the  
result should be PLplot 6.0.

Regards,
Werner


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Technische Universitaet Wien
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