Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: sfeam Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot Subject: Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? Followup-To: comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 16:07:58 -0700 Organization: gnuplot development team Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <51fe754e$0$15918$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <51ff5fb5$0$15933$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> Reply-To: sfeam@users.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 23:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8e86a57dfa599721f116da4577f3d1af"; logging-data="18662"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ZHQLq0569FNk/h+EkdT84" User-Agent: KNode/4.4.9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:p7YfayFg7akomA2X+QldG+5R8qU= Xref: csiph.com comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot:1951 Alex van der Spek wrote: > Thank you, > > Any idea about the timing of gnuplot 5.0? My personal guesstimate: Sep 2013 4.6.4 early 2014 1st beta-testing version of 5 Mar 2014 4.6.5 spring 2014 2nd beta-testing version of 5 Sep 2014 5.0 All dates subject to change and mischance. In particular, if the initial beta testing of 5 goes well the release of 5.0 might be pushed up to be in parallel to the last release in the 4.6 series. Since the whole point of bumping the major version number is that there will not be 100% backward compatibility, I think it is reasonable to have a "final" version 4 release even if overlaps the timing on first release of 5. In any event, this would be a really good time to speak up about any major changes you would like to see considered for version 5. Ethan > > Regards, > Alex van der Spek > "sfeam" wrote in message > news:ktm9t6$9nq$1@dont-email.me... >> Alex van der Spek wrote: >> >>> Planning an in-house course on gnuplot. Trying to figure out if it >>> makes sense to wait until 4.8 is out. >> >> I think we will likely go directly to 5.0 as the next major release. >> The policy has been that backwards compatibility is strictly maintained >> within a release series if possible. Since the current development >> tree has accumulated a number of non-backwards compatible changes, >> that argues for calling it 5.0 when it is released. >> >>> The course is on windows (unfortunately). Will the 4.8 release on >>> windows feature QT as the default term? >> >> I doubt it. But you can customize the default in your environment using >> GNUTERM or in the initialization file instead. >> >> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Alex van der Spek >>