Bug#942538: [Python-modules-team] Bug#936745: reducing matplotlib2 build-depends.

2019-11-24 Thread Sandro Tosi
> matplotlib2 still has python-qt4 and python-qt4-dbg in autopkgtest depends arghhh sorry, just uploaded with that removed > (and matplotlib too, even though it is Python 3 only). will look at this later, in the coming days -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at

Bug#942538: [Python-modules-team] Bug#936745: reducing matplotlib2 build-depends.

2019-11-22 Thread Dmitry Shachnev
Hi Sandro! On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:02:45PM -0500, Sandro Tosi wrote: > > I'd like to encourage you to drop python-qt4 and the Qt4 backend > > regardless of the rest. Qt4 is definitely getting removed this cycle, > > so this has got to go, sooner or later (I'd prefer sooner). The Qt5 > >

Bug#936745: reducing matplotlib2 build-depends.

2019-11-13 Thread Dmitry Shachnev
Hi Sandro! On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 09:10:49PM -0500, Sandro Tosi wrote: > well, i dont think it's a good reason to just stop testing complex > software tho. some of those dependencies are required so that mpl can > build extensions (in particular for the GUI backends) so if you remove > them, the

Bug#936745: [Python-modules-team] Bug#936745: reducing matplotlib2 build-depends.

2019-11-12 Thread Sandro Tosi
> I'd like to encourage you to drop python-qt4 and the Qt4 backend regardless > of the rest. Qt4 is definitely getting removed this cycle, so this has got > to go, sooner or later (I'd prefer sooner). The Qt5 backend should be enough. yup that's done already

Bug#936745: [Python-modules-team] Bug#936745: reducing matplotlib2 build-depends.

2019-11-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On November 13, 2019 2:10:49 AM UTC, Sandro Tosi wrote: >On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 9:24 AM peter green >wrote: >> I am guessing that many of these are to get testsuite coverage for >optional features and are not strictly needed for the build, while >testing stuff is nice I don't think it's

Bug#936745: reducing matplotlib2 build-depends.

2019-11-12 Thread Sandro Tosi
On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 9:24 AM peter green wrote: > I am guessing that many of these are to get testsuite coverage for optional > features and are not strictly needed for the build, while testing stuff is > nice I don't think it's vital for software that is on it's way out. I tried > removing

Bug#936745: reducing matplotlib2 build-depends.

2019-11-12 Thread Dmitry Shachnev
Hi all, On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 02:13:51PM +, peter green wrote: > matplotlib2 seems to be an important node in the python2 removal/reduction > problem (and the qt4 removal problem). I have noticed there are a > substantial number of python module packages that it build-depends on but > does

Bug#936745: reducing matplotlib2 build-depends.

2019-11-12 Thread peter green
matplotlib2 seems to be an important node in the python2 removal/reduction problem (and the qt4 removal problem). I have noticed there are a substantial number of python module packages that it build-depends on but does not depend on. python-backports.functools-lru-cache python-cairocffi