Bug#869135: Please don't adopt giza for libpgplot-perl

[Karl Glazebrook]

OK I will check on that. Note it is a visual test suite (plot should look like expected) so automated may not pick things up.

Certainly if all those tests are passed I am happy to move on.

Karl


> On 27 Jul 2018, at 8:28 am, gregor herrmann <gregoa at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 08:17:18 +1000, Karl Glazebrook wrote:
> 
>> For example the perl/PGPLOT module (which I own on CPAN) comes with
>> a suite of test 12 scripts. When I tested them against giza, only 4
>> of the most basic ones passed!!
> 
> Just to add a data point: In Debian all tests [0] pass:
> https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=libpgplot-perl
> https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/libpgplot-perl.html
> https://ci.debian.net/packages/libp/libpgplot-perl/
> 
> [0] with one tiny patch to test12.p:
> https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libpgplot-perl/blob/master/debian/patches/test-pgplot5-version.patch
> 
> Maybe the giza source is Debian has another version or carries
> patches, compared to the version you tried?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> gregor
> 
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