[Gretl-users] time-series graphs

[Sven Schreiber]

Allin Cottrell schrieb:
> Hello all,
> 
> Getting ready for a new release, I have a question for you.  In current
> CVS and the Windows snapshot, I have changed the default aspect ratio
> for time-series graphs.  Most graphs are 640 by 480 pixels, but I've
> made time-series plots more of a "letterbox" format, 680 by 400 pixels.
> 
> I plan to make this configurable via the GUI, but not before this
> release.  So the question is, do you like the new default or not? If
> not, it is very easy to go back to the old default of 640 by 480 for all
> graphs; if so, this will be the time-series default in the release.
> 
> Allin.
> 

Hi,
I haven't tested it and may well like it, but maybe one thing to consider:

Why change it now when it's not configurable but will be in the near
future? It seems to make more sense to change the default and the
configure option at the same time.

It's not the case for me, but imagine some users have everything set up,
possibly in a script, relying on the present format. And with the new
release their automated toolchain would be suddenly "broken", for no
pressing reason AFAICS.

I may be missing something here, but in general I think backwards
compatibility is important for software.

cheers,
sven