From: Lars Hecking Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot Subject: [Announcement] Gnuplot Development News Date: 11 May 2000 15:16:16 +0100 Message-ID: Some of the news have probably leaked already, so here's a (hopefully) comprehensive announcement. Web and Ftp Site Changes ------------------------ John Turner, many thanks to him ;), has bought gnuplot.info and lets us use it. So far, we have a minimalist web site at http://www.gnuplot.info/ and an ftp site at ftp://ftp.gnuplot.info/ Both sites are hosted at Virginia Tech, thanks to Clark Gaylord. The old gnuplot web and ftp sites at Dartmouth are being decommissioned, as there are no more project members with affiliations to Dartmouth. Thanks to Dave Kotz for taking care of this site for many years! http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/gnuplot_info.html ftp://ftp.cs.dartmouth.edu/pub/gnuplot/ There is not much yet at the new web site. We are in the process of merging the existing web pages and making an all-new version available in the near future. Volunteers are welcome! Contact: info-gnuplot-beta -at- dartmouth.edu Gnuplot Development ------------------- We have now moved to SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net) as central repository for gnuplot development. A minimalist web page is at http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/ and the Project Info Page is at http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=2055 The SourceForge site is offering a number of public and non-public (for developers) services, amongst others: - Bug Tracking It is now possible to submit bug reports directly through http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=2055 though there are no plans to discontinue the bug-gnuplot mailing list - Patch Manager It is possible to submit patches through http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=2055 - CVS repository Full access to the latest gnuplot development sources is available through CVS: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=2055 http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/?cvsroot=gnuplot We currently have four different branches: MAIN (this is automatically retrieved with no -r option to cvs) This is the main development branch. 3.7 (branch name: branch-pre-3-7-1) This is the 3.7 branch, which will eventually spawn the 3.7.2 release. gnuplot-axis (branch name: axis_branch_base) HBB's experimental branch which centralises axis-specific code into a separate module. Once this it stable, it will be merged back into the main branch. gnuplot-pm3d (branch name: pm3d) Johannes Zellners experimental branch to integrate Petr Mikulik's 3D module. This branch, too, will eventually merge back into the main branch. WARNING: the MAIN, gnuplot-axis, and gnuplot-pm3d branches are DEVELOPMENT code. This code contains known bugs. There are new features which make this code INCOMPATIBLE with previous versions of gnuplot. Save files written by this code CANNOT be used with gnuplot 3.7.x and older. You have been warned. How to use the SourceForge repository? Simple. Before retrieving any code, you need to cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.gnuplot.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gnuplot login When prompted for a password, press "enter". i.e. there is no password. To retrieve the main branch (this is one long line!) cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.gnuplot.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gnuplot \ co gnuplot To retrieve the axis branch (this is one long line!) cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.gnuplot.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gnuplot \ co -r axis_branch_base gnuplot and so on. SourceForge is offering other services we are not using yet. We may decide to make regular snapshots available for ftp, for instance. Contact: info-gnuplot-beta -at- dartmouth.edu or any of the project admins listed on http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=2055 Mailing lists ------------- No changes planned as of yet. David Denholm is still running the lists off Dartmouth.