plots: drop

[sund3RRR]

Things done

Plots has lack of upstream activity (latest tag was 2 years ago), so it does not work with GLSL > 3.20:

OpenGL ES version: 3.1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/r7v17p5gny60gliyq71y7ldfivpgsy6i-plots-0.8.5/lib/python3.12/site-packages/plots/graph.py", line 129, in gl_realize
    self.vertex_shader = shaders.compileShader(
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/nix/store/9rhm04ph4n39aj0vrnbqbbxbxd2c7rhh-python3.12-pyopengl-3.1.7/lib/python3.12/site-packages/OpenGL/GL/shaders.py", line 235, in compileShader
    raise ShaderCompilationError(
OpenGL.GL.shaders.ShaderCompilationError: ("Shader compile failure (0): b'0:20(10): error: GLSL 3.30 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.00 ES, 3.00 ES, 3.10 ES, and 3.20 ES\\n'", [b'/*\n   Copyright 2021 Alexander Huntley\n\n   This file is part of Plots.\n\n   Plots is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify\n   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by\n   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or\n   (at your option) any later version.\n\n   Plots is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the\n   GNU General Public License for more details.\n\n   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\n   along with Plots.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.\n*/\n\n#version 330 core\nlayout (location = 0) in vec3 position;\nout vec2 graph_pos;\nuniform vec2 viewport;\nuniform vec2 translation;\nuniform float scale;\n\nvoid main() {\n    gl_Position = vec4(position, 1.0);\n    vec2 normalised = position.xy * viewport / viewport.x;\n    graph_pos = normalised*scale - translation;\n}'], GL_VERTEX_SHADER)

It has also been completely replaced by gnome-graphs, which is presented in nixpkgs.

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
• 25.05 Release Notes (or backporting 24.11 and 25.05 Release notes)
  • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
  • (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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[Aleksanaa]

Suggested change

	plots = throw "'plots' has been replaced by 'gnome-graphs'";
	plots = throw "'plots' has been replaced by 'gnome-graphs'"; # Added 2025-02-05