Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 07:55:40AM +0100, ghisv...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I suppose the main module is still named "matplotlib" not > > > "matplotlib3" in version 3 onwards? So using python3-matplotlib3 > > > would > > > be a breach of policy. > > > > Probably. > > Described in Section 2.2 of th

Re: TypeError: ord() expected a character, but string of length 3 found (Was: Updated python-uncertainties)

2018-10-16 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Fred, On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 06:51:09PM +, PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel wrote: > Hello Andreas, > > > Patches are welcome (I have no idea what the construct is doing neither > > how to replace it with something valid). > > > Patch welcome as well - preferably as commit to Git. > > done but n

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread ghisvail
On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 09:00 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 07:55:40AM +0100, ghisv...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I suppose the main module is still named "matplotlib" not > > > > "matplotlib3" in version 3 onwards? So using python3- > > > > matplotlib3 > > > > would > > > > be

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread Ole Streicher
ghisv...@gmail.com writes: > Indeed. Note that NumPy has already published plans to become Python 3 > only in the near future, so the deprecation of Python 2 in the > scientific stack will happen eventually. > > I just don't think it should be rushed into the Buster release cycle. If we really wan

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread ghisvail
On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 09:38 +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > ghisv...@gmail.com writes: > > Indeed. Note that NumPy has already published plans to become > > Python 3 > > only in the near future, so the deprecation of Python 2 in the > > scientific stack will happen eventually. > > > > I just don't t

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread Steffen Möller
Hi Ghis, On 16.10.18 08:30, ghisv...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 2018-10-15 at 22:44 +0200, Steffen Möller wrote: Hello, I am keeping me busy packaging the Orange machine learning library that seems nice (https://orange.biolab.si/#Orange-Features). Now, the test routines demand a matplotlib.pyplo

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread ghisvail
On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 10:16 +0200, Steffen Möller wrote: > Hi Ghis, > > On 16.10.18 08:30, ghisv...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Mon, 2018-10-15 at 22:44 +0200, Steffen Möller wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am keeping me busy packaging the Orange machine learning > > > library > > > that > > > seem

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread Steffen Möller
Let me ask you this: where is the rush to package this machine learning library? Could it wait after the Buster release cycle, where we might be in a more comfortable position to upgrade matplotlib? The short answer is yes. The almost as short one is "Conda has it already, use that". The sligh

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread Arto Jantunen
ghisv...@gmail.com writes: > Don't get me wrong, I am all in favour for a modern stack, including > Python 3. > > However, upgrading NumPy et al. to their Python 3 only versions, > introducing new legacy packages for Python 2, and patching the large > collection of packages relying on the Python 2

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread ghisvail
On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 10:42 +0200, Steffen Möller wrote: > > > Let me ask you this: where is the rush to package this machine > > > learning > > > library? Could it wait after the Buster release cycle, where we > > > might > > > be in a more comfortable position to upgrade matplotlib? > > The short

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread ghisvail
On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 11:45 +0300, Arto Jantunen wrote: > ghisv...@gmail.com writes: > > Don't get me wrong, I am all in favour for a modern stack, > > including > > Python 3. > > > > However, upgrading NumPy et al. to their Python 3 only versions, > > introducing new legacy packages for Python 2,

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread Arto Jantunen
ghisv...@gmail.com writes: > On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 11:45 +0300, Arto Jantunen wrote: >> ghisv...@gmail.com writes: >> > Don't get me wrong, I am all in favour for a modern stack, >> > including >> > Python 3. >> > >> > However, upgrading NumPy et al. to their Python 3 only versions, >> > introduc

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 at 22:11, wrote: > On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 11:45 +0300, Arto Jantunen wrote: > > ghisv...@gmail.com writes: > > > Don't get me wrong, I am all in favour for a modern stack, > > > including > > > Python 3. > > > > > > However, upgrading NumPy et al. to their Python 3 only version

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread W. Martin Borgert
Quoting Steffen Möller : Now, I am tempted to create a package matplotlib3 instead of forcing everyone to update from this long term release (see https://matplotlib.org/). Any opinions from your sides? I wonder, whether it's easier to wait for buster and then create an orange backport? I'm

Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok?

2018-10-16 Thread Sandro Tosi
> Now, I am tempted to create a package matplotlib3 instead of forcing please dont. the right course of action is: - fork src:matplotlib2 from src:matplotlib to only provide the python2 package - update src:matplotlib to upstream 3.x to provide only py3k modules (and since there was also a discus