John Hunter wrote: > That said, I would always be happy to include a (mostly) full featured > backend for a format a large number of users want. Short of that, I > think distributing it through another channel, or making a sandbox in > the mpl distribution, FWIW, Jeff Whitaker 's basemap and my mplsizer (wx-like sizer implementation for mpl) live in the "toolkits" directory of the mpl svubversion tree. I think that partially-implemented backends could also happily live there.
It's also feasible to allow runtime discovery of backends through the use of setuptools' plugins (to name one route). I understand completely, however, that there may be a resistance to adding a dependency on setuptools. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
