On 11/9/06, Russell E Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:18 AM -0800 2006-11-09, Christopher Barker wrote: > >Russell and Charlie, > > > >Are your two binaries any different? Any reason to choose one over > >the other? In particular, which of these are supported: > > > >numpy 1.* > >Numeric > >numarray > > > >GTK > >TK > >wx (which version?) > > My binary supports: > - numpy 1.0 (the default), Numeric and numarray > - TkAgg using the built in Tcl/Tk or a user-added Tcl/Tk 8.4.x > - WXAgg using wxPython 2.6 > (I just realized this is the default, which is bad because it's not built > in) > > It does not support GTK or Qt. > > Unfortunately it requires the user to: > - Install one or more numeric packages > - Set up a matploblibrc file unless they want to use numpy and WXAgg > so it includes a ReadMe.txt file telling the user what to do. > > It would be better if matplotlib "just ran" out of the box. I'm not > sure the best way to do this. Some possibilities are: > - Include numpy in the matplotlib package and have the default > matplotlibrc file use that. One would have to be careful about how to > handle an existing numpy (if any), and I really don't know how to do > that. Naive users would probably appreciate matplotlib using its own > version and ignoring any built in (and possibly incompatible) > version, but that sounds like a nightmare for more experienced users. > > - Run a post-install script that modifies the default matploblibrc > file by looking for installed numeric packages and picking one as the > default for numerix. It could warn the user if no compatible numeric > package was found. This is clearly less friendly than the first > option, but doesn't bring up the issue of conflicting with a > user-installed numpy. > > - Some combination whereby a post-install script installs numpy 1.0 > if no numpy is found and bitches loudly if a too-old version is found. > > Any ideas on this? Charlie: does your version already handle this somehow? > > > If we use my package then I should submit a new version that has > TkAgg as its default.
I am guessing our versions are pretty much the same. All the latest numerical modules, no gtk, etc. I don't think we need to worry about dependencies. Windows and linux doesn't technically run out of the box either. They are required to get the correct deps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
