Hi Alan,
Yes, updating that list is on my TODO list. I have been rather preoccupied with other things, so have not had the opportunity to sit down for it. I should be able to redo the tests with the latest changes today, though. Regards, Arjen > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:27 AM > To: Arjen Markus > Cc: Phil Rosenberg; plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: Comprehensive testing on Cygwin with Tcl/Tk/Itcl/Itk and Ada > > Hi Arjen: > > On 2015-06-09 09:24-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote: > > > Could you also take this opportunity to update > > <https://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/wiki/Setup_cygwin/>? That page > > already has some information (last updated in 2013) concerning > > packages to install, but it is obviously far from complete. The goal > > here should be to document complete information about Cygwin packages > > so that it would be a straightforward for you (or anybody else) to use > > this Wiki documentation to install Cygwin from scratch with the same > > packages you have been installing over the last few weeks to provide a > > complete PLplot environment on Cygwin. > > I haven't heard from you on this question yet, but I do hope you are willing > to do this > since it is really important information. > > > > Of course, for the next time (after I finish my Tcl and related > > changes) you will want to install the iwidgets package I mentioned and > > change > > > > --cmake_added_options "-DENABLE_octave=OFF -DENABLE_ada=OFF - > DENABLE_itk=OFF" > > > > to > > > > --cmake_added_options "-DENABLE_octave=OFF -DENABLE_ada=OFF" > > > > and also completely drop the > > > > --do_test_interactive no > > > > option. Those changes should allow you to do complete comprehensive > > interactive testing of PLplot on Cygwin including the Tcl/Tk/Itcl/Itk > > components of PLplot. > > I have just (commit id f4db3e8) completed my long-promised large set of build > system changes for Tcl/Tk/Itcl/Itk that I would appreciate you testing as > above on > Cygwin when you get the chance. > > > With regard to the further possibility of dropping the above > > -DENABLE_ada=OFF, for Cygwin, the current Ada language support is so > > ancient it is not maintainable. Therefore, I have decided to attempt > > to rewrite Ada language support from scratch over the next few days > > using the approach of making minimal changes to existing modern C (or > > C++) language support. That is the approach I used ~10 years ago to > > implement Ada language support, and hopefully that same approach will > > work again now (and also automatically solve the Ada language support > > issue you found on Cygwin). But we will see how that goes, and if I > > run into any issue I cannot straightforwardly figure out, I will > > likely put Ada language support changes off indefinitely. > > I am going to put off Ada language support changes for at least a little > while and > maybe indefinitely because there is so much other PLplot build-system changes > I > would like to complete for this release cycle. > > 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); the Time Ephemerides project > (timeephem.sf.net); > PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi > project > (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the > Linux Brochure > Project (lbproject.sf.net). > __________________________ > > Linux-powered Science > __________________________ DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail.
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