Hello guys, since I'm going to update debian matplotlib pkg to 0.98.5 I'd like to know how much dvipng lib is needed to let matplotlib work.
This is because adding a strong dependency on it (so that it's installed everytime you install mpl) will take in even texlive, and all its dependency, amounting in more than 200mb of space (an issue presents even in ubuntu). If dvipng (+texlive) is only needed for some "not-so-common" situations (for example only to print complex math expression) then we can move it to a wicker dependency, so that it's installed only if expressly requested by the user (we'll inform users about this change). Thanks for the attention, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, Morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
