[matplotlib-devel] Do you use python setup.py build_ext --inplace ?

[Nicolas G. <nic...@ga...>]

Hello all,

When you are working on matplotlib, after a checkout from the SVN
repository, which method do you use to compile extensions without
re-building and re-installing everything each time?

For now, I use this method:
- I checkout matplotlib in directory c:\projects\matplotlib.
- I add c:\projects\matplotlib\lib to my PYTHONPATH.
- I use the command "python setup.py build_ext --inplace" each time I
modify a C/C++ file.
- Without anything else, I can use matplotlib in my scripts.

The problem:
This method builds smoothly my extensions (.pyd files) alongside my
Python files (.py files). But I have no directory
c:\projects\matplotlib\lib\matplotlib\mpl-data, like in a standard
installation. As a workaround, I've created it manually by copying
files from directory fonts and images.

My question:
Matplotlib's developers, how do you proceed on your own computer?

Thanks a lot for your answers,

Nicolas Grilly