[matplotlib-devel] Sample data: a proposal

2010-09-12 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
A while ago there was a discussion [1] about how using the get_sample_data function in building the documentation is a problem for Debian packagers. Let me see if I understand the goals of get_sample_data correctly: * we want to enable users to run examples they find in the gallery without

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Sample data: a proposal

2010-09-12 Thread Andrew Straw
On 09/12/2010 07:10 AM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: A while ago there was a discussion [1] about how using the get_sample_data function in building the documentation is a problem for Debian packagers. Let me see if I understand the goals of get_sample_data correctly: * we want to enable users

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Sample data: a proposal

2010-09-12 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Andrew Straw straw...@astraw.com wrote: #1 and #2 seem reasonable to me. I don't like #3 -- for the same reasons as we want to separate the rest I agree with Andrew here -- we don't want to hamstring our ability to change the data just because some people

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Sample data: a proposal

2010-09-12 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
Andrew Straw straw...@astraw.com writes: 3. To make this work, agree that sample data files are immutable: if a new version is needed, it needs to have a new name (and thus the examples using it need to be updated). The files have not been changed a lot [2], so I don't think this