[ANNOUNCEMENT] Test: gnuplot-5.4.rc1-1

Thomas Wolff towo@towo.net
Mon Apr 13 19:26:06 GMT 2020


Am 13.04.2020 um 20:46 schrieb Achim Gratz:
> Gnuplot release candidate 1 for version 5.4 is now available for testing
> on Cygwin (you'll have to select the "test" version in order to install
> it).  This is the forerunner of an upstream feature release expected in
> the upcoming weeks.  The upstream release notes are available at:
>
> http://www.gnuplot.info/ReleaseNotes_5_4.html
>
>
> Cygwin Notes
> ============
>
> The tutorial is not packaged by upstream in the rc1 tarball and it is
> unclear at the moment whether it was intentionally removed from the 5.4
> branch or not.
>
> The ggi terminal has been dropped from the build.
>
> The wxt terminal is now available.
>
> The qt terminal still doesn't work on Cygwin due to a Cygwin or Qt5 bug
> that is still under investigation.
This release pulls in more than 30 additional library dependencies. Is 
that necessary?
For Sixel output, it changes transparent background to white background. 
Just noting, maybe it's correct.


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