[PD] [PD-announce] Pd version 0.48-0test7

[Roman Haefeli]

Thanks for the heads-up.

On Fre, 2017-08-11 at 12:03 +0200, Dan Wilcox wrote:
> If we had a weekend, a few people, and enough different systems, we
> could probably find a solution.
> 
> In my thinking, I'm kind of pushing things in steps:
> 
> 1. make pd easier to build on platforms and in the same way
> 2. have the same font on all platforms

macOS and Linux are on the same page now, aren't they?

> 3. introduce the extended sizing (and probably tweak)
> 
> We're still working on Step 1 as the auto tools build is not working
> yet on Windows. I will probably get to that next at some point. I
> already have plans laid out for Step 2, but this relies on Step 1
> working, etc. Having Step 1 means we can much more easily spread out
> the testing and tweaking to other people.

OK, cool. I hope to be part of the thourough-testing-department.

> At the very least, it seems like Tk 8.4 is out on macOS 10.13 so it's
> a good thing I did the work to update Pd for Tk 8.5 on Mac, even if
> it does introduce a few wrinkles.

Really great work! Thanks.

Roman

> > On Aug 11, 2017, at 11:37 AM, Roman Haefeli <reduzent at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Hm, I tested the numbers already in that I took care of getting the
> > same box sizes for font size 10 on every platform as before (and
> > between platforms). If there are more tests required to not break
> > anything, I'm happy to test and report back.
> > 
> > I understand you're in a total different position than me and
> > probably
> > feel much more responsibility on your shoulders and thus I
> > understand
> > your reluctance. I don't have the skills to fix the issue the
> > "clean"
> > way, but I'm willing to invest some resources in this - presumably
> > bytesting things - and I have access to Ubuntu 16.04, macOS 10.11
> > to
> > 10.12 and Windows 10. If that can help in anyway, I'd be glad.
> > 
> > Roman
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> Dan Wilcox
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> 
> 
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