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We still require only gtk 2.2, and consequently carry around some extra 
chunks of code to support versions before 2.4.  Can we drop this and 
require 2.4 or later?  Or possibly even a later version?  It looks like 
2.4 came out in the fall of 2004.

Eric

I've found pyparsing rather brittle between revisions in the past, hence 
the desire to have a local copy.  I don't know if recent versions have 
stabilized -- given that we have something that works, I'm not too keen 
on tinkering with it. 

Not knowing much about packaging myself, I think Debian should only go 
forward with using an external dependency if an *exact* version of 
pyparsing can be specified, rather than >=.  Or at the very least, if a 
different version of pyparsing is applied, one needs to make sure that 
the mathtext examples all pass unchanged.

Mike

Sandro Tosi wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:51, Daniel Watkins
> <da...@da...> wrote:
>   
>> Package: python-matplotlib
>> Version: 0.98.3-5
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> python-matplotlib installs its own copy of pyparsing.py when it should
>> in fact be using the copy that is shipped in python-pyparsing.
>>     
>
> We've just receive this bug report about the internal copy of
> pyparsing included in mpl.
>
> The situation in Debian is:
>
> Stable   	  1.5.0-1
> Testing 	1.5.1-2
> Unstable 	1.5.2-1
>
> Currently mpl ship:
>
> $ grep "^__version" lib/matplotlib/pyparsing.py
> __version__ = "1.5.0"
> __versionTime__ = "28 May 2008 10:05"
>
> In the changelog I can see:
>
> $ egrep -A2 "2007-11-09.*pyparsing" CHANGELOG
> 2007-11-09 Moved pyparsing back into matplotlib namespace. Don't use
>            system pyparsing, API is too variable from one release
>            to the next - DSD
>
> So there seems to be a reason for this "private" copy. The question
> is: is this reason still valid nowdays? should we (at least packagers)
> remove the private copy and rely on the system pyparsing (or at least
> introduce a "check if system has pyparsing, if not fallback on
> private" wrap)?
>
> I haven't checked, but maybe you already know the answer :)
>
> Cheers,
>   

-- 
Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Operations and Engineering Division
Space Telescope Science Institute
Operated by AURA for NASA

Hi guys,

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:51, Daniel Watkins
<da...@da...> wrote:
> Package: python-matplotlib
> Version: 0.98.3-5
> Severity: normal
>
> python-matplotlib installs its own copy of pyparsing.py when it should
> in fact be using the copy that is shipped in python-pyparsing.

We've just receive this bug report about the internal copy of
pyparsing included in mpl.

The situation in Debian is:

Stable   	  1.5.0-1
Testing 	1.5.1-2
Unstable 	1.5.2-1

Currently mpl ship:

$ grep "^__version" lib/matplotlib/pyparsing.py
__version__ = "1.5.0"
__versionTime__ = "28 May 2008 10:05"

In the changelog I can see:

$ egrep -A2 "2007-11-09.*pyparsing" CHANGELOG
2007-11-09 Moved pyparsing back into matplotlib namespace. Don't use
           system pyparsing, API is too variable from one release
           to the next - DSD

So there seems to be a reason for this "private" copy. The question
is: is this reason still valid nowdays? should we (at least packagers)
remove the private copy and rely on the system pyparsing (or at least
introduce a "check if system has pyparsing, if not fallback on
private" wrap)?

I haven't checked, but maybe you already know the answer :)

Cheers,
-- 
Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/
Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi

The axes_grid examples, broken by the recent spine patch, are now
fixed in the svn.

Also, when I commit axes_grid toolkit into the trunk, I deleted a few
example under examples/pylab_examples. For example, axes_divider.py in
the error message below has been deleted.

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'axes_divider.py'

The doc build script somehow still try to run those script. I'll try
to look into what's going on later. If others know any trivial
solution, please go ahead and fix it.

▶◀

-JJ



On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:51 PM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
> I was just updating the site docs and a few examples are failing to
> build.  Some of these are easy pickens, so if you have a quick fix,
> please put it in, and reply here when you've fixed one to avoid
> duplication of effort.
>
> JDH
>
> ================================
>  File "geo_demo.py", line 9, in <module>
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py",
> line 645, in subplot
>    a = fig.add_subplot(*args, **kwargs)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py",
> line 690, in add_subplot
>    a = subplot_class_factory(projection_class)(self, *args, **kwargs)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
> line 7844, in __init__
>    self._axes_class.__init__(self, fig, self.figbox, **kwargs)
>  File "custom_projection_example.py", line 35, in __init__
>  File "custom_projection_example.py", line 50, in cla
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cla'
>
> ============================================
>
>  File "finance_work2.py", line 36, in <module>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args
>    self.error(str(err))
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 1569, in error
>    self.exit(2, "%s: error: %s\n" % (self.get_prog_name(), msg))
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 1559, in exit
>    sys.exit(status)
> SystemExit: 2
>
>
> ===============================================
>
> directive.py", line 206, in makefig
>    runfile(fullpath)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
> line 141, in runfile
>    fd = open(fname)
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'anchored_text.py'
>
>  warnings.warn(s)
> examples/pylab_examples/annotation_demo
> *********examples/pylab_examples/annotation_demo2
> ......examples/pylab_examples/anscombe
> ***examples/pylab_examples/arctest
> ***examples/pylab_examples/arrow_demo
> ...examples/pylab_examples/aspect_loglog
> ***examples/pylab_examples/axes_demo
> ***examples/pylab_examples/axes_divider
> /home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py:209:
> UserWarning: Exception running plot
> /home/jdhunter/mpl/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/axes_divider.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
> line 206, in makefig
>    runfile(fullpath)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
> line 141, in runfile
>    fd = open(fname)
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'axes_divider.py'
>
>  warnings.warn(s)
> examples/pylab_examples/axes_grid
> /home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py:209:
> UserWarning: Exception running plot
> /home/jdhunter/mpl/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/axes_grid.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
> line 206, in makefig
>    runfile(fullpath)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
> line 141, in runfile
>    fd = open(fname)
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'axes_grid.py'
>
>  warnings.warn(s)
>
> =================================================
>
>
>  File "parasite_simple.py", line 6, in <module>
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
> line 7844, in __init__
>    self._axes_class.__init__(self, fig, self.figbox, **kwargs)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/parasite_axes.py",
> line 189, in __init__
>    super(HostAxes, self).__init__(*kl, **kwargs)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/axislines.py",
> line 1244, in __init__
>    self.toggle_axisline(True)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/axislines.py",
> line 1252, in toggle_axisline
>    self.frame.set_visible(False)
>  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
> line 988, in get_frame
>    raise AttributeError('Axes.frame was removed in favor of Axes.spines')
> AttributeError: Axes.frame was removed in favor of Axes.spines
>
>
> ...and lots more like these for axes_grid
>
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John Hunter wrote:
> I was just updating the site docs and a few examples are failing to
> build.  Some of these are easy pickens, so if you have a quick fix,
> please put it in, and reply here when you've fixed one to avoid
> duplication of effort.

If you can coerce the recipe I sent this list on May 20 for running the
unit tests to run these as well, we'll see these sooner. Furthermore,
I've been busy with the spines, but I think we should check in new
baseline images in the test suite so that the builtbot waterfall goes green.

-Andrew

I was just updating the site docs and a few examples are failing to
build.  Some of these are easy pickens, so if you have a quick fix,
please put it in, and reply here when you've fixed one to avoid
duplication of effort.

JDH

================================
  File "geo_demo.py", line 9, in <module>
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py",
line 645, in subplot
    a = fig.add_subplot(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py",
line 690, in add_subplot
    a = subplot_class_factory(projection_class)(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
line 7844, in __init__
    self._axes_class.__init__(self, fig, self.figbox, **kwargs)
  File "custom_projection_example.py", line 35, in __init__
  File "custom_projection_example.py", line 50, in cla
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cla'

============================================

  File "finance_work2.py", line 36, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args
    self.error(str(err))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 1569, in error
    self.exit(2, "%s: error: %s\n" % (self.get_prog_name(), msg))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 1559, in exit
    sys.exit(status)
SystemExit: 2


===============================================

directive.py", line 206, in makefig
    runfile(fullpath)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
line 141, in runfile
    fd = open(fname)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'anchored_text.py'

  warnings.warn(s)
examples/pylab_examples/annotation_demo
*********examples/pylab_examples/annotation_demo2
......examples/pylab_examples/anscombe
***examples/pylab_examples/arctest
***examples/pylab_examples/arrow_demo
...examples/pylab_examples/aspect_loglog
***examples/pylab_examples/axes_demo
***examples/pylab_examples/axes_divider
/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py:209:
UserWarning: Exception running plot
/home/jdhunter/mpl/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/axes_divider.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
line 206, in makefig
    runfile(fullpath)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
line 141, in runfile
    fd = open(fname)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'axes_divider.py'

  warnings.warn(s)
examples/pylab_examples/axes_grid
/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py:209:
UserWarning: Exception running plot
/home/jdhunter/mpl/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/axes_grid.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
line 206, in makefig
    runfile(fullpath)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py",
line 141, in runfile
    fd = open(fname)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'axes_grid.py'

  warnings.warn(s)

=================================================


  File "parasite_simple.py", line 6, in <module>
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
line 7844, in __init__
    self._axes_class.__init__(self, fig, self.figbox, **kwargs)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/parasite_axes.py",
line 189, in __init__
    super(HostAxes, self).__init__(*kl, **kwargs)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/axislines.py",
line 1244, in __init__
    self.toggle_axisline(True)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/axislines.py",
line 1252, in toggle_axisline
    self.frame.set_visible(False)
  File "/home/jdhunter/dev/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
line 988, in get_frame
    raise AttributeError('Axes.frame was removed in favor of Axes.spines')
AttributeError: Axes.frame was removed in favor of Axes.spines


...and lots more like these for axes_grid

===========================================================

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Andrew Straw <str...@as...> wrote:
> I've gone ahead and committed my arbitrary spine location implementation
> to the trunk (svn r7144). I'd appreciate it if you could kick the tires.
> To get you started, try the new demo:
> examples/pylab_examples/spine_placement_demo.py

I just did a quick read through of the spine code and example, and
have two minor comments.

You do an isinstance(arg, basestring) to check for string input.
Typically, we encourage cbook.is_string_like to have a central point
of maintenance and consistency for these checks.

Also, in the example, you appear to turn off a spine by setting the
color to 'none'.  My thought it would be more natural to use the
"visible" artist property here (or at least support both)

    @allow_rasterization
    def draw(self,renderer):
        "draw everything that belongs to the spine"
        if not self.get_visible() or self.color.lower()=='none' or not
self.color:
            # don't draw invisible spines
            return
        self.artist.draw(renderer)

Also, I think the class of strings representing "no color" in mpl is
larger -- it should also include self.color.lower()=='none' and the
empty string, which I've included in the example code.

JDH