On 2017-01-05 10:51-0700 Orion Poplawski wrote: > On 12/27/2016 07:02 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> On 2016-12-24 14:54-0800 Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> >>> So on the 27th we will see where we stand for the release and make a >>> new estimate of its ETA then. >> >> Currently, we have no generally accepted fix for a wxwidgets-related >> release-critical issue so I have decided to put the release of 5.12.0 >> on indefinite hold until we have a rock-solid fix. The PLplot >> developer who has the most knowledge of our wxwidgets-related software >> has several ideas for implementing the needed fix. So that is a big >> relief. However, he will only be able to start working on this in >> January so this hold is obviously going to be in effect for a while. >> >> Alan > > I'm wondering if it is time to bump the plplot version numbers in git. I'm > facing a situation in Fedora Rawhide where plplot currently fails to build > due the update to octave 4.2 (and perhaps other changes). As a result I'm > leaning towards packaging up a git snapshot - but the git version numbers are > still 5.11.1, and I figure we're a lot closer to 5.12.0 at this point. > > The other concern though would be whether or not all needed soversion bumps > have been made at this point. I haven't run the changes through any tools, > but I don't see any version changes, just the dropping of libplplotf95c.
Hi Orion: I would advise you wait for 5.12.0 which might be as soon as next week. Is that possible or are you up against a Fedora freeze deadline? The current status is the wxwidgets-related release-critical issues have just been fixed (actually as of this morning), but there is still one more wxwidgets fix that is still being worked on. Once that fix is finalized, we will make the decision whether to push it for this release or wait until post-release depending on the intrusiveness of the fix (i.e., how many components of PLplot will need retesting after the fix is pushed). So the current release status is still on hold, but there are some excellent signs that the wxwidgets code changes will be finalized shortly (if that has not already occurred) and at that point I will start up the release process again (including bumping all (so)version- related information). Note part of that release process will be finishing an extensive update to our documentation (including as a "would be nice" a complete upgrade to our wxwidgets documentation that is consistent with all the changes done for that component of PLplot in this release cycle) so the actual release ETA will still be uncertain after the wxwidgets code changes have been finalized for this release. But we will know a lot more by early next week, and I am hoping for the actual release to occur during that week. 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 __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
