improve readme

utils/pypi/gmsh-dev/README.rst

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ gmsh-dev
 mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities.
 
 The aim of this package is to download and install the latest development
-snapshot of the Gmsh app and SDK in a pythonic way, i.e. via the ``pip``
-command. For the latest stable release, use the ``gmsh`` package instead.
+snapshot of the official Gmsh app and binary Software Development Kit SDK in a
+pythonic way, i.e. via the ``pip`` command. For the latest stable release, use
+the ``gmsh`` package instead.
 
 Installation should work under Linux, Windows and macOS for both Python 2 and 3.
 
@@ -21,10 +22,17 @@ latest development snapshot::
 
     $ pip install --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir gmsh-dev
 
+This can take a few seconds to a few minutes depending on your network
+connection, as the installer downloads the binary files for your architecture
+from https://gmsh.info.
+
 After installation you can either run the Gmsh app::
 
     $ gmsh
 
 or use the Gmsh Python API::
 
-    $ python -c "import gmsh; gmsh.initialize(); gmsh.fltk.run();"
+    $ python -c "import gmsh; gmsh.initialize(); gmsh.fltk.run(); gmsh.finalize()"
+
+(Note that the header files for using the C++ and C API are also installed, as
+is the Julia module.)

utils/pypi/gmsh-dev/setup.py.in

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from ctypes.util import find_library
 # Server and gmsh version
 server = 'https://gmsh.info/bin'
 version = '${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_PATCH_VERSION}'
-iversion = version + '.dev4' # installer version
+iversion = version + '.dev5' # installer version
 
 # Determine file name and and url to be downloaded and installed
 system = platform.system().lower()

utils/pypi/gmsh/README.rst

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ gmsh
 `Gmsh <https://gmsh.info>`_ is an automatic three-dimensional finite element
 mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities.
 
-The aim of this package is to download and install the Gmsh app and SDK in a
-pythonic way, i.e. via the ``pip`` command.
+The aim of this package is to download and install the official Gmsh app and
+binary Software Development Kit (SDK) in a pythonic way, i.e. via the ``pip``
+command.
 
 Installation should work under Linux, Windows and macOS for both Python 2 and 3.
 
@@ -19,10 +20,17 @@ Then install (or upgrade) ``gmsh``::
 
     $ pip install --upgrade gmsh
 
+This can take a few seconds to a few minutes depending on your network
+connection, as the installer downloads the binary files for your architecture
+from https://gmsh.info.
+
 After installation you can either run the Gmsh app::
 
     $ gmsh
 
 or use the Gmsh Python API::
 
-    $ python -c "import gmsh; gmsh.initialize(); gmsh.fltk.run();"
+    $ python -c "import gmsh; gmsh.initialize(); gmsh.fltk.run(); gmsh.finalize()"
+
+(Note that the header files for using the C++ and C API are also installed, as
+is the Julia module.)

utils/pypi/gmsh/setup.py.in

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from setuptools.command.install import install
 # Server and gmsh version
 server = 'https://gmsh.info/bin'
 version = '${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_PATCH_VERSION}'
-iversion = version + '' # installer version (add e.g. '.post1' for update)
+iversion = version + '.post3' # installer version (add e.g. '.post1' for update)
 
 # Determine file name and and url to be downloaded and installed
 system = platform.system().lower()