Hi,
Derek Homeier wrote:
>
> On this occasion, I am wondering if sending updated package
> descriptions
> to the
> list, as I've done before, is the appropriate way, or whether I should
> rather send
> them directly to the maintainer or simply be content to wait until
> they've checked in
> their own updates or...
>
> Whatever the correct upgrade path, I'd also like to make a
> suggestion at
> this point:
> Is it possible to remove the numeric-py and numarray-py dependencies,
> perhaps at
> least make them "Suggests:" or "Enhances:" instead? They are clearly
> no
> longer required
> to build or use matplotlib (in fact I am not even sure if they are
> still
> officially supported as
> backends, since that configuration option has been removed now), and I
> find it rather
> painful to still being forced to keep two long outdated libraries
> installed.
> I'd think anyone who still needs either of them for legacy routines or
> data would know
> so on their own - just my 2d.
On Oct 4, 2009, at 4:17 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> You should consider sending your package description to the maintainer
> of the matplotlib package ("fink info matplotlib") because he would be
> the one to make any changes.
On Oct 5, 2009, at 5:18 AM, John K. Parejko wrote:
> No, I re-installed matplotlib-py26 from within fink. The problem was
> apparently due to the older libraries that were still being linked to.
>
> I would also support the removal of numeric and numarray dependencies.
yes, I guess I assumed Kurt Schwehr might notice anyway, since he was
posting in
this thread earlier, but I am CCing him directly now - probably safer
than hoping he
constantly monitors the list for all packages he's maintaining.
Thanks,
Derek
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