Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Matplotlib-users] ANN: matplotlib-0.87.5 *fixed*

[Andrew S. <str...@as...>]

Andrew Straw wrote:
> 1) there are several .pyc files left in the .tar.gz release
> 2) the setup.cfg file in the release specifies, in the egg_info section,
> "tag_svn_revision = 1", which makes any further attempts to do python
> setup.py sdist with setuptools result in a package versioned
> matplotlib-0.87.5-r0, which isn't right. (Basically, this setup.cfg file
> is telling setuptools that this is a development version and it should
> tag the svn version. Not being in a subversion tree, it finds the
> version as 0.) I made a note a few weeks ago in the DEVNOTES file
> (section "making a release") to remove the setup.cfg file, or at least
> this section, prior to making a release.
>   

3) in lib/matplotlib.egg-info/PKG-INFO, the version is specified as
0.87.5-r2761

Issues 2 and 3 appear to stem from matplotlib attempting to use
setuptools for those who would, but not requiring it. I think the
cleanest solution would be to make the actual sdist release using
setuptools -- this should bring these issues into the open rather than
lurking for someone like me to find them.