Ryan May wrote: > Hi, > > I just started running PyGTK 2.16 and noticed the following everytime > I run a matplotlib script: > > /home/rmay/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py:621: > DeprecationWarning: Use the new widget gtk.Tooltip > self.tooltips = gtk.Tooltips() > > Right now, we support >= PyGTK 2.2. The new, non-deperecated API
pygtk_version_required = (2,4,0) > (gtk.Tooltip) was added in 2.12 (and the gtk.Tooltips API was > deprecated at this time). So, my question is how do we want to handle > this? Do we want to create a helper method that hides the logic to > determine what method to use (there doesn't look to be an easy way to > support both)? Or do we just bump our required version? 2.12.0 was > released in fall 2007. I'm not sure what versions are supplied with > the various distros. > My sense is that RHEL4 is still common, and will be supported by RH through early 2012 (http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/). It is way back at pygtk 2.4. I just now committed to svn a little bit of conditional code to support the new api along with the old one. Minimal testing on my system (new api) looks OK; more testing with new API, and testing with pygtk < 2.12, are needed. The changes are extremely simple, but I might have overlooked something. Eric > Thoughts? > > Ryan > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
