Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package (debian patch for toggle_plplot_use.m)

Hi Ole: On 2017-07-13 09:12+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: Then, there is one remaining patch that may be interesting for you (attached). I have however no idea about it; it is a remnant from the past. Could you give me a hint whether it is needed for me or for you? From some digging with "git

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Hi Ole: On 2017-07-19 15:15+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: All is fine for me after disabling [1] the mentioned tests. Since UTF-8 is one one case, I will keep the octave bindings in the 5.13.0 packaging. I am glad that you were able to prove that non-ascii UTF-8 in the user strings is the only

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Hi Alan, On 18.07.2017 20:45, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > To Ole and Orion: > > Here is what I suggest you do to decide whether you want to package > the Octave bindings of PLplot until this UTF-8 error is fixed. The > octave examples that are run in our tests are controlled by >

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-18 15:32+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: On 14.07.2017 22:48, Orion Poplawski wrote: Well, it compiles. There are longstanding test failures though: 5: *** PLPLOT ERROR, ABORTING OPERATION *** 5: UTF-8 string is malformed: ???M??, aborting operation Just for the records, and to

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 14.07.2017 22:48, Orion Poplawski wrote: > Well, it compiles. There are longstanding test failures though: > > 5: *** PLPLOT ERROR, ABORTING OPERATION *** > 5: UTF-8 string is malformed: �M��, aborting operation Just for the records, and to keep you informed about the Debian packaging

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-15 14:43-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote: There is , but that link is now broken, the linux magazin search function cannot find it, I never understood that article because it was written in German, and by now it would be

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Hi Alan, On 15.07.2017 20:37, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > Sometimes our bindings libraries have the same core name (e.g., > wxwidgets, qt) as the device driver, but bindings libraries and > device drivers are completely different and there is no chance of a > nameclash between them. So there should

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-15 11:49+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: Hi Ole: I feel that most of the issues you have brought up such as installation directories and spelling are ones we should be able to address fairly quickly so expect to see some commits from me over the next few days dealing with them. So my

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Hi Alan, thanks for the answers, and thanks for connecting with Orion. I hope to keep everything together here. > Yes. We have long since implemented a CMake-based build system for > the installed example source code + installed binary libraries that > implements the test_diff_psc, etc.,

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-14 14:48-0600 Orion Poplawski wrote: @Orion: Can you confirm that PLplot now works well with Octave-4.2 on Fedora or is there additional issues to deal with? Well, it compiles. There are longstanding test failures though: 5: 5: *** PLPLOT ERROR, ABORTING OPERATION *** 5: UTF-8

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Hello all On 07/14/2017 02:18 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > To Ole and Orion: > > @Ole: > > To introduce Orion, he maintains the packaging of PLplot for Fedora, > and he has been a big help to us when dealing with "library > version" issues. > > @Orion: > > To introduce Ole, he is the new

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

To Ole and Orion: @Ole: To introduce Orion, he maintains the packaging of PLplot for Fedora, and he has been a big help to us when dealing with "library version" issues. @Orion: To introduce Ole, he is the new maintainer of PLplot packaging for Debian, and it appears he has been running into

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 13.07.2017 21:49, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > Excellent. However, too be sure all is well with Ada and the other > computer languages we support you should build the test_diff_psc > target (which compares the plot output files for our psc device for > all our standard examples for all our

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-13 16:02+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: Dear Alan, On 13.07.2017 11:27, Alan W. Irwin wrote: I already have a few small questions. First language bindings: Currently the following are disabled: ENABLE_ada: OFF ENABLE_d: OFF ENABLE_octave: OFF

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Dear Alan, On 13.07.2017 11:27, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> I already have a few small questions. First language bindings: Currently >> the following are disabled: >> >> ENABLE_ada: OFF >> ENABLE_d: OFF >> ENABLE_octave: OFF >> ENABLE_pdl: OFF >>

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-13 09:12+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: Dear Alan and all, On 12.07.2017 23:28, Alan W. Irwin wrote: On 2017-07-12 11:00+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: I think we are done here with all the current Debian-related topics, but there will likely be more such topics we need to discuss in the

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Dear Alan and all, On 12.07.2017 23:28, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2017-07-12 11:00+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: > I think we are done here with all the current Debian-related topics, > but there will likely be more such topics we need to discuss in the > near future as you continue the process of

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-12 11:00+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: [...] [This is] the collection of information [concerning Debian packaging] you can somehow compile-in: [...] See commit 68e499b which removed the debian subdirectory and placed the information you supplied in debian_packaging/README. [...]

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Dear Alan, On 12.07.2017 09:05, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2017-07-11 13:43-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> I agree this confusion between upstream and Debian is not ideal. >> However, Debian packaging is important to us since it does reveal some >> deficiencies (at least from the Debian point of

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Hi Ole: Here are my further remarks on a variety of topics relevant to yur packaging effort. The upstream versus Debian topic: On 2017-07-11 13:43-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote: I agree this confusion between upstream and Debian is not ideal. However, Debian packaging is important to us since it

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-11 13:42+0200 Ole Streicher wrote: Dear Alan, thank you very much for your quick (and very positive) answer! Concerning the upstream changes: you could for the moment just drop the "debian/" subdir. It will be replaced anyway during the packaging process, and therefore no longer

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

On 2017-07-11 03:59-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote: [...] [...] 1. Identify the modern full csa licensing from the above text. In the following steps I assume you will be able to identify it as a well-known free software license that is

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Dear Alan, thank you very much for your quick (and very positive) answer! Concerning the upstream changes: you could for the moment just drop the "debian/" subdir. It will be replaced anyway during the packaging process, and therefore no longer maintained in your git and may be misleading for

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLplot Debian package

Hi Ole: Thanks for getting in touch with us concerning the Debian packaging of PLplot. Andrew Ross (who at one time maintained Debian packaging of PLplot) is our only Debian packaging expert. But he has been inactive in PLplot development for a while now so it is likely our help to you will be