graphviz for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/496 FastTrack timeout 08/08/2008]
Irene Huang
Irene.Huang at sun.com
Sun Aug 3 01:03:02 PDT 2008
Manpages for this case are available at
Internally
http://sac.eng/Archives/CaseLog/arc/LSARC/2008/496/manpages/
Externally
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2008/496
-Irene
Shi-Ying Irene Huang wrote:
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> graphviz for OpenSolaris
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Dermot McCluskey
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 02 August, 2008
> 4. Technical Description
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>
> graphviz 2.20.2
>
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>
> Dermot McCluskey
>
> 1.3. Date of This Document:
>
> 30/07/08
>
> 1.3.1. Date this project was conceived:
>
> 03/06/08
>
> 1.4. Name of Major Document Customer(s)/Consumer(s):
>
> 1.4.1. The PAC or CPT you expect to review your project:
>
> Solaris PAC
>
> 1.4.2. The ARC(s) you expect to review your project:
>
> LSARC
>
> 1.4.3. The Director/VP who is "Sponsoring" this project:
>
> robert.odea at sun.com
>
> 1.4.4. The name of your business unit:
>
> New Solaris Group/Desktop
>
> 1.5. Email Aliases:
> 1.5.1. Responsible Manager:
>
> tom.garland at sun.com
>
> 1.5.2. Responsible Engineer:
>
> dermot.mccluskey at sun.com
>
> 1.5.3. Marketing Manager:
>
> glynn.foster at sun.com
>
> 1.5.4. Interest List:
>
> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
>
> 4. Technical Description:
> 4.1. Details:
>
> Graphviz is an open-source graph visualization application. It
> includes a set of layout programs and libraries that take text
> representations of graphs and output them in one of several graphical
> file formats. It also includes tools for displaying and editing the
> graphs.
>
> It can be used stand-alone, but is typically used by other
> applications, such as the documentation generator doxygen, where it
> is used to generate class hierarchy diagrams.
>
> Graphviz accepts input in the DOT Language format, a simple
> plaintext format for representating graphs. A trivial example
> might be:
> graph example
> {
> a -- b;
> a -- c;
> }
> which represents an undirected graph where object `a' is connected
> to object `b' and also to object `c'.
>
> The main graph-drawing filter program is called `dot', which draws
> directed graphs (with directional arrows between connected objects).
> In addition, there are four other graph-drawing programs:
> neato - filter for drawing undirected graphs
> twopi - filter for radial layouts of graphs
> circo - filter for circular layout of graphs
> fdp - filter for drawing undirected graphs
> These are all implemented as symlinks to `dot'.
>
> Graphviz also provides the following programs for manipulating graphs:
> acyclic - make directed graph acyclic
> bcomps - biconnected components filter for graphs
> ccomps - connected components filter for graphs
> diffimg - diff two graph images
> dijkstra - single-source distance filter
> gxl2dot,dot2gxl - GXL-DOT converters
> (dot2gxl is a symlink to gxl2dot)
> dotty - A Customizable Graph Editor
> gc - count graph components
> gvcolor - flow colors through a ranked digraph
> gvpack - merge and pack disjoint graphs
> gvpr - graph pattern scanning and processing language
> lefty - A Programmable Graphics Editor
> lneato - A Customizable Graph Editor
> nop - pretty-print graph file
> prune - Prune directed graphs
> sccmap - extract strongly connected components
> tred - transitive reduction filter for directed graphs
> unflatten - improve layout aspect ratio
>
> Scripting support is provided for the following languages:
> Perl
> Python
> Tcl (and Tk)
>
> Dot uses an extensible plugin mechanism for its output renderers. The
> file /usr/lib/graphviz/config defines which formats are available.
> If additional, supported file format libraries are installed, `dot -c`
> can be run to rebuild the config file to include the new format.
>
> This proposal will add graphviz version 2.20.2, the latest stable
> version.
>
> 4.2. Bug/RFE Number(s):
>
> None.
>
> 4.3. In Scope:
>
> See above.
>
> 4.4. Out of Scope:
>
> See above.
>
> 4.5. Interfaces:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Exported Stability Comments
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> SUNWgraphviz Uncommitted
> SUNWgraphviz-devel Uncommitted
>
> /usr/bin/acyclic Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/bcomps Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/ccomps Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/circo Uncommitted Symlink
> /usr/bin/diffimg Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/dijkstra Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/dot Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/dot2gxl Uncommitted Symlink
> /usr/bin/dotty Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/fdp Uncommitted Symlink
> /usr/bin/gc Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/gvcolor Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/gvpack Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/gvpr Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/gxl2dot Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/lefty Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/lneato Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/neato Uncommitted Symlink
> /usr/bin/nop Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/prune Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/sccmap Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/tred Uncommitted Command
> /usr/bin/twopi Uncommitted Symlink
> /usr/bin/unflatten Uncommitted Command
>
> /usr/include/graphviz/ Uncommitted Directory of
> header files
>
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libagraph.pc Uncommitted
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcdt.pc Uncommitted
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcgraph.pc Uncommitted
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgraph.pc Uncommitted
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgvc.pc Uncommitted
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpathplan.pc Uncommitted
>
> /usr/lib/graphviz/config Uncommitted Plugin config
> file
>
> libgraph.so.4 Uncommitted SONAME
> libcdt.so.4 Uncommitted SONAME
> libcgraph.so.4 Uncommitted SONAME
> libgraph.so.4 Uncommitted SONAME
> libgvc.so.4 Uncommitted SONAME
> libpathplan.so.4 Uncommitted SONAME
>
> /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int/gv.pm
> Uncommitted Perl extension
> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gv.py Uncommitted Python extension
> /usr/lib/tcl8.4/graphviz/pkgIndex.tcl Uncommitted Tcl extension
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Imported Stability Comments
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> libgd Uncommitted PSARC 2007/166
> zlib Uncommitted PSARC 2006/537
> libpng Evolving LSARC 2003/568
> libjpeg Evolving LSARC 2003/085
> Tcl/Tk Uncommitted PSARC 2007/317
> libtool Uncommitted (Obsolete) PSARC 2007/557
> GNOME Various LSARC 2008/207
> Python External PSARC 2005/532
> Perl Evolving PSARC 2003/661
> freetype External LSARC 2005/397
> libexpat Volatile LSARC 2007/378
>
> 4.6. Doc Impact:
>
> Graphviz includes over 30 community provided man pages covering almost
> all the commands, libraries and script-language extensions plus an
> overall introductory man page. The only missing man page is for the
> diffimg command, for which a Sun provided man page will be written.
> There are also additional community provided user docs in HTML and PDF
> and demo programs.
>
> 4.7. Admin/Config Impact:
>
> "dot -c" may be run (by a user with write permission for
> /usr/lib/graphviz/config) to re-generate the graphviz plugin
> configuration file. This would typically be done when new software
> that provides one of the supported graphical formats is installed.
>
> 4.8. HA Impact:
>
> None.
>
> 4.9. I18N/L10N Impact:
>
> The JDS and G11N teams are working together to evaluate and
> provide I18N/L10N support.
>
> 4.10. Packaging & Delivery:
>
> Adds two new packages, SUNgraphviz (approx 15 Mb) and
> SUNWgraphviz-devel (approv 3 Mb).
>
> 4.11. Security Impact:
>
> None.
>
> 4.12. Dependencies:
>
> Graphviz depends of the software listed in the Imported
> Interfaces section.
>
> ARC contracts are already in place between the suppliers of freetype
> and libexpat and other components in JDS. The contract owners have
> been contacted regarding updating those contracts to include
> graphviz as a consumer.
>
> 5. Reference Documents:
>
> http://www.graphviz.org/
> The Graphviz homepage
>
> PSARC 2007/166 Including LibGD with Solaris
> PSARC 2006/537 zlib 1.2.3
> LSARC 2005/397 FreeType 2.1.10
> LSARC 2003/568 update to libpng
> LSARC 2003/085 libtiff, libjpeg and libpng
> LSARC 2007/378 update libexpat to 2.0.0 and move to /usr
> PSARC 2007/317 Tcl/Tk upgrade to 8.4.14
> PSARC 2007/557 GNU libtool 1.5.22
> LSARC 2008/207 GNOME 2.22
> PSARC 2005/532 Python migration from /usr/sfw to /usr and upgrade ...
> PSARC 2003/661 Update Perl to version 5.8.x
>
> http://sac.eng.sun.com/arc/LSARC/2006/202/contracts/LSARC-2004-324-libexpat.txt
> ARC contract for libexpat
> http://sac.eng.sun.com/arc/LSARC/2001/384/commit.materials/contract-01
> ARC contract for freetype
>
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> Desktop
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
>
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