On 6/4/06, Eric Firing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Hunter wrote:
> >>>>>>"Charlie" == Charlie Moad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >
> >     Charlie> On 6/2/06, David S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >     >> I have just installed numpy-0.9.8, scipy-0.4.9, and
> >     >> matplotlib-0.87.2 on a Windows machine with Python 2.4.2.
> >
> >     Charlie> matplotlib-0.87.2 requires numpy-0.9.6.  You will get an
> >     Charlie> error otherwise.
> >
> >
> > This is starting to bite enough people that we should consider rolling
> > out a release.  We had hope to get the 3d stuff working before the
> > next release, but having a version up there that doesn't work with the
> > latest numpy is a more pressing problem to me.  Does this seem like a
> > good idea to you Charlie?  Are there other features or fixes that
> > other developers would like to get in first?
>
> John,
>
> I agree that it is time for a new release.
>
> The changes I have been making involving not rendering things with alpha
> == 0 or linewidth == 0 are certainly not complete, but I don't think
> this is a showstopper.  Anything using agg should be OK, postscript is
> OK, svg is OK with linewidth == 0, which I think is what matters most
> immediately--some things rely on this.  Help from other developers will
> be needed for other backends.
>
> A new quiver could come before or after a release.  I have not committed
> anything yet. I would like to be able to start doing so fairly soon, but
> in a way that does not cause trouble with a release.  (At present, I am
> calling the new version quiver2 so that I can work with the pylab
> interface without clobbering the original version.  The API will differ
> from that of the original, so maybe both should be present, with
> different names, for a while.)  It would help to know when the actual
> production of the release is likely to occur, of course.

Sounds like we could push 0.87.3 tomorrow or Tuesday.  I personally
think the new quiver should be held off until 0.88 and it should
replace the old one if it is truly better.

- Charlie


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