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

[Karl Glazebrook]

OK I checked on my Ubuntu system with libcpgplot0 v 0.9.5-1 and libgiza0 0.9.5-1 package versions:

test1 - incorrect colours
test2 - no cursor interaction with user, missing markers
test3 - missing histogram fill
test4 - missing grayscale image
test6 - missing contour map
test7 - missing surface plot
test8 - missing markers
test9 - no cursor interaction
test10 - missing background image
test11 - passed!
test12 - incorrect colour levels fill on contours, missing special axis.

So that is only 1/12 correct.  Passing the perl/PGPLOT test suite is not the same as ‘not crashing’.

Do you see my point now? I can not use this for my scientific codes.

Karl

p.s there are also some annoying issues with the XW driver.

> On 27 Jul 2018, at 4:13 pm, Karl Glazebrook <karlglazebrook at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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