[matplotlib-devel] Allowing mpl backend switching?

2009-12-30 Thread Fernando Perez
Howdy, are there fundamental reasons to keep this code around in backends/__init__.py:use() ? if 'matplotlib.backends' in sys.modules: if warn: warnings.warn(_use_error_msg) return I am now testing the new IPython gui stuff, and if I comment that out and call pyplot.switch_ba

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Qt4 backend: critical bug with PyQt4 v4.6+

2009-12-30 Thread Fernando Perez
Howdy, On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Darren Dale wrote: > Me too. And thank you for posting the report and a workaround. Quick question: would it be worth adding this monkeypatch to mpl proper? Right now, the qt4 backend is effectively unusable out of the box in distros like Karmic. Which i

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [SciPy-dev] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-30 Thread Darren Dale
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:16 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Darren Dale wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: >>> Executable: grin >>>    module: grin >>>    function: grin_main >>> >>> Executable: grind >>>    module

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-30 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Darren Dale wrote: > Hi David, > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: >> Executable: grin >>    module: grin >>    function: grin_main >> >> Executable: grind >>    module: grin >>    function: grind_main > > Have you thought at all about op

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-30 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Darren Dale wrote: > Hi David, > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: >> Executable: grin >>    module: grin >>    function: grin_main >> >> Executable: grind >>    module: grin >>    function: grind_main > > Have you thought at all about op

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-30 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:15 PM, René Dudfield wrote: > > Sitting down with Tarek(who is one of the current distutils > maintainers) in Berlin we had a little discussion about packaging over > pizza and beer... and he was quite mindful of OS packagers problems > and issues. This has been said ma

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-30 Thread Darren Dale
Hi David, On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: > Executable: grin >    module: grin >    function: grin_main > > Executable: grind >    module: grin >    function: grind_main Have you thought at all about operations that are currently performed by post-installation scripts? F