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 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
