Hi,
Is there any chance that the patch I submitted on 31 October on this
list could still make it into 0.91.0?
On an aside, what is the best way to submit patches to mpl? Via the
bug-tracker, or as attached files or direct in-line in mpl-devel
mails?
To refresh your memory on the patch:
I've reworked the Tcl/Tk checking code in setupext.py (see attached
patch). It is now possible to build matplotlib with Tk support without
requiring a running X server. This is useful for doing autobuilds
(e.g. as done by Debian) and for building a package on one machine to
be installed and used on another.
This seems to be an old issue... (see matplotlib-devel, "building
matplotlib without X-server connection," 11 Nov 2004)
The patch also fixes a potential hang, which happens when I try to
build the latest matplotlib on Debian Etch with Python 2.4, on a
system with libtk8.4-dev installed but no running X server. The build
should have continued without TkAgg support, but it hangs. The hang
occurs because the Tcl/Tk checking code calls Tkinter.Tk() multiple
times, which is not a good idea. In fact, just running the following
snippet hangs the interpreter in this scenario:
import Tkinter
tk = Tkinter.Tk()
tk = Tkinter.Tk()
The patch applies to setupext.py in revision r4501. I checked it with
matplotlib r4064, using Python 2.4 on Debian Etch, and Python 2.5 on
Mac OS X 10.4.10. It hasn't been checked on Python 2.3 or on
Windows.
Regards,
Ludwig
setupext.py.patch (11 KB)
I would like to register my strong support for this patch. The bug in
question also prevents one from doing "python setup.py bdist_rpm" on
rpm-based systems. I recently tried to debug this myself and got as far
as identifying exactly the problem Ludwig describes, but ran out of
time/energy before coming up with the fix. I am very grateful to Ludwig
for having fixed the problem. I hope his patch will go in soon.
--Jim Amundson
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:13:39 +0200 Ludwig Schwardt <ludwig.schwardt@...149...> wrote:
I've reworked the Tcl/Tk checking code in setupext.py (see attached
patch). It is now possible to build matplotlib with Tk support without
requiring a running X server. This is useful for doing autobuilds
(e.g. as done by Debian) and for building a package on one machine to
be installed and used on another.
This seems to be an old issue... (see matplotlib-devel, "building
matplotlib without X-server connection," 11 Nov 2004)
This seems like a good idea to me, and it works for me (I can build mpl with the TkAgg extension from a console with X completely shutdown on RHEL4...).
John -- does the timing for this work with you release plans? (It probably needs some testing in a bunch of different environments.) If so, I'm happy to commit this.
Cheers,
Mike
James Amundson wrote:
···
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:13:39 +0200 > Ludwig Schwardt <ludwig.schwardt@...149...> wrote:
I've reworked the Tcl/Tk checking code in setupext.py (see attached
patch). It is now possible to build matplotlib with Tk support without
requiring a running X server. This is useful for doing autobuilds
(e.g. as done by Debian) and for building a package on one machine to
be installed and used on another.
This seems to be an old issue... (see matplotlib-devel, "building
matplotlib without X-server connection," 11 Nov 2004)
I would like to register my strong support for this patch. The bug in
question also prevents one from doing "python setup.py bdist_rpm" on
rpm-based systems. I recently tried to debug this myself and got as far
as identifying exactly the problem Ludwig describes, but ran out of
time/energy before coming up with the fix. I am very grateful to Ludwig
for having fixed the problem. I hope his patch will go in soon.
--Jim Amundson
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Hi,
Is there any chance that the patch I submitted on 31 October on this
list could still make it into 0.91.0?
91.0 is already out, but I just committed it so it will make it in for 91.1.
On an aside, what is the best way to submit patches to mpl? Via the
bug-tracker, or as attached files or direct in-line in mpl-devel
mails?
I advise posting here first -- more developers read this list so it is
more likely to get prompt attention. If it doesn't, put it up on the
sf site and send a reminder here with a link to the patch. That way
it will be there when some developer goes to catch up on patches.
Thanks,
JDH\
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On Nov 29, 2007 10:13 AM, Ludwig Schwardt <ludwig.schwardt@...149...> wrote:
Ah! I see you just applied it yourself, John.
Consider the question answered!
(And again, thanks for the patch, Ludwig.)
Cheers,
Mike
Michael Droettboom wrote:
···
This seems like a good idea to me, and it works for me (I can build mpl with the TkAgg extension from a console with X completely shutdown on RHEL4...).
John -- does the timing for this work with you release plans? (It probably needs some testing in a bunch of different environments.) If so, I'm happy to commit this.
Cheers,
Mike
James Amundson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:13:39 +0200 >> Ludwig Schwardt <ludwig.schwardt@...149...> wrote:
I've reworked the Tcl/Tk checking code in setupext.py (see attached
patch). It is now possible to build matplotlib with Tk support without
requiring a running X server. This is useful for doing autobuilds
(e.g. as done by Debian) and for building a package on one machine to
be installed and used on another.
This seems to be an old issue... (see matplotlib-devel, "building
matplotlib without X-server connection," 11 Nov 2004)
I would like to register my strong support for this patch. The bug in
question also prevents one from doing "python setup.py bdist_rpm" on
rpm-based systems. I recently tried to debug this myself and got as far
as identifying exactly the problem Ludwig describes, but ran out of
time/energy before coming up with the fix. I am very grateful to Ludwig
for having fixed the problem. I hope his patch will go in soon.
--Jim Amundson
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This seems like a good idea to me, and it works for me (I can build mpl
with the TkAgg extension from a console with X completely shutdown on
RHEL4...).
I tested in my normal X11 enabled solaris build environment and in a
remote no X linux session and it went through fine. I can test on OX
X tonight.
John -- does the timing for this work with you release plans?
Yep -- since we probably will be waiting until next week to get 91.1
out, this will give us ample opportunity to hit obvious problems with
this patch.
JDH
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On Nov 29, 2007 2:14 PM, Michael Droettboom <mdroe@...31...> wrote: