On 05/03/2012 07:47 AM, Sandro Tosi wrote: > Hi all, > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Michael Droettboom<md...@stsci.edu> wrote: >> Yeah, it definitely seems like there's a bit too much here. > well, running "apt-get build-dep matplolib" you'll get all the > dependecies needed to build all the part of matplotlib, both the > module and the documentation; so it's surely a super-set of the > packages needed only for doc... but... in order to build the doc, you > need to build mpl module first, since it's used by the doc itself.
Sure. I understand these are needed for both matplotlib itself and the docs. I still think there's some extras, though. > >> I think some of >> these dependencies are obsolete, in that we used to build extensions against >> gtk and wx in order to transfer image data to those backends, but those are >> no longer needed with current versions of those libraries. >> >> I looked up the direct dependencies of the package (since I think many on >> the list you provided are probably secondary dependencies.) I have some >> comments below. Maybe Sandro Tosi, who I know has done some Debian >> packaging of matplotlib in the past, > and I'm keep doing it these days :) Great -- I didn't mean to imply you weren't still working on it ;) Thanks, as always, for all the work you've done on that. > >> libfreetype6-dev - legit >> libgtk2.0-dev - **no longer necessary** > mh, the GTK+ backend is built as an extensions, so it should require > the development files to be built - f.e. I can see it "#include > <pygtk/pygtk.h>" Sorry -- I had misremembered. It's Qt and Wx that used to have C/C++ extensions that are no longer required. It seems we still need this for Gtk, so you're right -- this is a legitimate build dependency. > >> libpng-dev - legit >> python-all-dbg (>= 2.4.4-6) - **not strictly necessary, but helpful for >> debugging** > that's because we're providing a debug-flavor extension, so we need > the debug-enabled interpreters Good. > >> python-all-dev (>= 2.3.5-7) - legit >> python-configobj - **necessary only for a long abandoned experimental >> version of matplotlib** > I'll look if it can be removed - at a first glance it should be safe to rm it > >> python-dateutil - legit >> python-epydoc - **obsolete** > I'll see if it can be removed > >> python-gtk2-dev - **obsolete** > see above Agreed. > >> python-imaging - legit >> python-numpy (>= 1:1.3.0) - legit >> python-numpy-dbg (>= 1:1.3.0) - legit >> python-pkg-resources - legit >> python-qt4 - **not needed for build** >> python-qt4-dev - **not needed for build** > same as GTK+ backend Nope. There is no Qt C++ extension anymore (hasn't been for years). The only dependency is on python-qt4, and only at runtime, not build time, technically. > >> python-qt-dev - **obsolete** > yeah it might now just be a transitional package towards > python-qt4-dev - I'll check this > >> python-setuptools - legit >> python-sphinx (>= 0.5.1) - to build the documentation >> python-support (>= 1.0.0) - not sure what this is > it's a debian tool to setup python modules/extensions for Debian systems Ok. > >> python-tk (>= 2.5.2-1.1) - legit >> python-traits (>= 2.0) - **not needed -- matplotlib doesn't use traits** > yep, I'll remove it > >> python-tz - legit >> python-wxgtk2.8 - **not needed for build** >> python-wxgtk2.8-dbg - **not needed for build** > I'll look into this Same issue as for Qt/Qt4 -- there's no C code that links to it. > >> tcl8.5-dev - legit >> texlive-fonts-recommended - needed for PDF doc build >> texlive-latex-extra - needed for PDF doc build >> texlive-latex-recommended - needed for PDF doc build > that's probably where the big part of the download will come Agreed. But why would anyone not want TeX installed? :) > >> tk8.5-dev - legit >> zlib1g-dev - legit > Thanks a lot for the review: it will help improving the package! > Thanks. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
