On 2017-08-26 13:15-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote: [...]
Plplot continues to work fine for python2 aside from the relatively rare corruption issue for bindings/python/Plframe.pyc [... which will likely go away once I figure out how to move to a single name-spaced import of PLframe.
Hi Ole: That turned out to be an easy fix (see commit 1b93965) so I assume that corruption issue (that only occurred intermittently for Python2) is now gone.
So I suggest if you still want to build a python2 package for PLplot, that you do that in a separate build where both python2 and python-numpy are available and you use the cmake option -DFORCE_PYTHON2=ON. In that case and assuming that Python2 and python-numpy are installed, our build system will do the right thing with regard to building the Python2 plplot module using consistent Python2 library and numpy versions, and also use the correct install location for the resulting Python2 plplot module. Also, this extra build does not need to cost you very much since you can use (-DFORCE_PYTHON2=ON -DDEFAULT_NO_DEVICES=ON -DPLD_extqt=ON -DDEFAULT_NO_BINDINGS=ON -DENABLE_python=ON -DENABLE_qt=ON -DENABLE_pyqt4=ON) to, for example, configure a build and install of just the minimum PLplot components you need to support both python and pyqt4 under Python2.
You have already said that you decided to simplify your life by not trying the above approach to support Python2. But PLplot (after the above commit) now works well both for Python2 and Python3, and it would be a shame if either Debian Python2 or Python3 users did not have access to PLplot. Furthermore, assuming you have since decided to support both Python-3.5 and Python-3.6 with two separate builds, then adding a third build as above to support Python2 should be straightforward for you. So I hope you decide to go ahead and do that. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
