On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu> wrote: > On 10/22/2010 05:45 PM, Russell E. Owen wrote: >> I'm curious when the next release of matplotlib is due. >> >> My application is suffering badly from the issue that an incorrect font >> cache will cause matplotlib to fail (the application mysteriously exits >> partway through startup until the user deletes the font cache). >> >> That problem is allegedly fixed on the trunk and I'm trying to decide >> how best to deal with it. Depending on the timing of 1.0.1 I can decide >> whether it's worth putting in my own workaround, bundling a prerelease >> version of matplotlib or just waiting for the official release. > I'm not sure what the timeframe is on 1.0.1.
I would be happy to do a release early next week. Is anyone aware of any show stopper bugs that need to be fixed first? I had hoped to do it last week ahead of the ETS release, but simply did not get to it. > What problem with the cache are you referring to? I'm aware of a > problem where if some fonts are moved or removed after the cache is > created matplotlib will crash (and this problem is fixed in the trunk), > but is that really a problem in everyday practice? I'm just curious -- > if there's another issue with the cache that I'm not aware of, I'd like > to fix it. I used to see font cache problems when testing and/or doc building for a 0.99 branch release on a machine which had been running 1.0svn trunk. I can't replicate it now, so perhaps it is fixed (though I have only tried reverting the install and making plots, not doing full doc builds). The only commit related to the cache since the 1.0 release that I see is r8712 | mdboom | 2010-09-21 16:13:25 -0400 (Tue, 21 Sep 2010) | 2 lines If a font file is looked up in the cache, but that font file no longer exists on disk, rebuild the cache. Not sure why this would caused a failure in the case of going from 1.0 to 0.99 ... Russell, a good solution for you, not just for this particular problem, but in general, is to use MPLCONFIGDIR in your application. This will give you a custom location for your rc file, font cache, etc.... We use it on the buildbots which are running multiple installations of mpl to avoid clashes. Hope this helps, JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
