Hi Sandro,
> yes, Debian has a separate package for documentation (since it
> requires to be build just on time, whilc mpl requires to be built on
> each architecture we support, so splitting the package results in a
> lot of saved space). JFYR this is the layout of packages in Debian:
>
> python-matplotlib - the python module
> python-matplotlib-data - mpl-data dir + sampeldata + config files + nib +
> fonts
> python-matplotlib-dbg - debug symbols for python extensions
> python-matplotlib-doc - all the built doc, in html and pdf formats
thanks for the info; currently fink only has extra packages for the basemap
toolkit.
While there are not that many actual architectures, there are still up to 4 or
5
Python versions to support, so a single doc package could also save a lot
(although I am not sure how to setup such a build yet…).
The actual matplotlib module could also be reduced much further in size when
building from the _notests tar ball. I am not sure how much demand there is
for normal users to be able to run the complete test suite. Or is this just a
temporary option for the rc builds anyway?
Cheers,
Derek
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