On Jan 7, 2008 2:15 PM, Jeff Whitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think namespace packages were being used before, but were removed. I > don't remember why.
We removed the namespace packages support because we were using it improperly. To do it correctly would require moving all of the functionality out of matplotlib/__init__.py. Since there is currently a fair amount of functionality there, adding namespace support would require moving it and breaking the current API. In addition, there are some ongoing issues with performance and namespace packages. Because of this, we had some ambivalence about namespace packages and decided to remove the broken support until we could add proper support, if we decide to go that route. A good time to do that, if indeed we want to, would be when we release Michael's transforms branch, so we can break as much as possible at once. JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
