Please review wip/p5-PDL

[Alan Post <apost%recalcitrant.org@localhost>]

p5-PDL is a package for PDL, the "Perl Data Language" -- essentially,
a matlabization of perl, including an interactive shell.

The import message is here:
  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.netbsd.devel.pkgsrc.wip.cvs/15475

As I said in the import message:

  The package currently supports the builtin 3D graphing routines, but
  not the PLplot or PGPLOT bindings.  I hope to soon package up PLplot
  so that PDL can use it.  I do not plan to do so for PGPLOT, as its
  license would be problematic for many people.

The PGPLOT library is "available without fee [only] for education,
academic research and non-commercial purposes."


The main things I am concerned about with the package:

  1.  The imported package generates a few pkglint warnings:

WARN: possible direct use of command "test" found. Use ${TEST} instead.
WARN: possible direct use of command "install" found. Use ${INSTALL} instead.
WARN: "BUILD_DEPENDS" has to appear earlier.
WARN: "DEPENDS" has to appear earlier.
0 errors and 4 warnings found.

      Are these real problems, or just noise?


  2.  The PDL 3D graphing library uses libGL and libGLU.  Should the
      package pick them up from /usr/X11R6 or from graphics/MesaLib
      and graphics/glu?


  3.  Would anyone use a non-X11 version of this package?  Should I
      try to make X11 and non-X11 variants?


I would appreciate any help.  I think this program is a fun and useful
tool.

  Alan




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