On 10/22/10 7:16 PM, Michael Droettboom wrote: > On 10/22/2010 05:45 PM, Russell E. Owen wrote: >> I'm curious when the next release of matplotlib is due. >> >> My application is suffering badly from the issue that an incorrect font >> cache will cause matplotlib to fail (the application mysteriously exits >> partway through startup until the user deletes the font cache). >> >> That problem is allegedly fixed on the trunk and I'm trying to decide >> how best to deal with it. Depending on the timing of 1.0.1 I can decide >> whether it's worth putting in my own workaround, bundling a prerelease >> version of matplotlib or just waiting for the official release. > I'm not sure what the timeframe is on 1.0.1. > > What problem with the cache are you referring to? I'm aware of a > problem where if some fonts are moved or removed after the cache is > created matplotlib will crash (and this problem is fixed in the trunk), > but is that really a problem in everyday practice? I'm just curious -- > if there's another issue with the cache that I'm not aware of, I'd like > to fix it. >'
We've been running into problems in Sage that seem to occur because font caches from 1.0.0 make old versions of matplotlib die. I haven't seen the problem myself, but several Sage developers have put in quite a bit of time in diagnosing the problem. In the end, I think they wrote a patch to do custom MPLCONFIGDIR for different versions of matplotlib in different versions of Sage. I'm CCing sage-devel, in case one of the sage devs that ran into problems wants to comment. Thanks, Jason -- Jason Grout ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
