Does this proposal change the way people access this functionality? We have a lot of scripts (and a lot of users with scripts) that use basemap and it tends to be extremely annoying to people when their scripts suddenly break.
Ted At 03:34 PM 1/9/2008, Andrew Straw wrote: >As the author of the only other known MPL toolkit (at least in the MPL >tree), I'm happy with the idea of using a namespace package for >mpl_toolkits. I understand your proposal to mean that each toolkit would >have a directory structure: > >setup.py >lib/ > mpl_toolkits/ > __init__.py (empty) > basemap/ > __init__.py > other_files.py > >This is OK with me, but I question is whether it's necessary to have the >"lib" directory -- it seems entirely redundant. I'm fine with either >way, though. > >-Andrew > >Jeff Whitaker wrote: > > Now that the transforms branch has merged with the trunk, I'd like to > > resurrect namespace packages so that toolkits will work again when > > matplotlib is installed as an egg. As was discussed in a previous > > thread, all __init__.py files in the toolkit hierarchy must be empty > > (aside declare_namespace statement). Since lib/matplotlib/__init__.py > > contains a lot of important stuff, I think the path of least resistance > > is to move the toolkits out of lib/matplotlib and into a separate > > directory lib/mpl_toolkits. The semantics of importing a toolkit would > > have to change from > > > > import matplotlib.toolkits.toolkit > > > > to > > > > import mpl_toolkit.toolkit. > > > > Of course, all the toolkit __init__.py files would need to be emptied. > > In the case of basemap, this would be changing imports from > > > > from matplotlib.toolkits.basemap import Basemap > > > > to something like > > > > from mpl_toolkits.basemap.api import Basemap > > > > All the stuff now imported directly into __init__.py would go in api.py. > > > > I've tried this in my local tree and it seems to work fine. Does this > > sound reasonable? If there's general agreement, I can make the > > necessary mods in matplotlib trunk and the mplsizer and basemap toolkits. > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >It's the best place to buy or sell services for >just about anything Open Source. >http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace >_______________________________________________ >Matplotlib-devel mailing list >Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel Ted Drain Jet Propulsion Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
