In article <CAH6Pt5q=z_macay-dgroz38jimo6uclv+amxkxhvt+qoe+c...@mail.gmail.com>, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Michael Droettboom > <md...@stsci.edu> wrote: > > Matthew Terry, as part of his Mac testing project, has done a great deal of > > reconnaissance on this. > > > > https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl_mac_testing > > > > I know he was looking into statically linking some of the C dependencies > > (freetype, libpng etc.) as a way to make the installer more robust to > > different environments. > > Thanks - that looks like a useful testing grid. > > Are there any near-term plans for something like a .dmg or .mpkg or > .pkg installer? Building a binary installer with statically linked libraries is not terribly hard (see <http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/rowen/BuildingMatplotlibForMac.htm l>). There are two problem: - As of 1.3.0 mpl does not include python-dateutil, pytz or six (for good reasons) and that makes it harder to make a really usable binary installer. This interacts with the next problem: - For unknown reasons running the 1.3.0 installer breaks existing installations of python-dateutil if those packages were installed using an older mpl binary installer. The missing packages can be added to the binary installer after it is produced by bdist_mpkg by post-processing the mpkg. That would take care of the second issue for most users (who would use the default installation and get everything). I have not had time to deal with that. Thus I never uploaded an official binary installer for 1.3.0 and stopped providing them. Matthew Terry has taken over that task. I did put an unofficial binary installer for 1.3.0 here: <http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/rowen/python/> just be prepared to reinstall python-dateutil after you use it. -- Russell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
