SF.net SVN: matplotlib:[6560] trunk/matplotlib

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Revision: 6560
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=6560&view=rev
Author:   jdh2358
Date:     2008-12-11 03:04:59 +0000 (Thu, 11 Dec 2008)

Log Message:
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added support for xlwt in exceltools

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/matplotlib/doc/devel/release_guide.rst
    trunk/matplotlib/lib/mpl_toolkits/exceltools.py

Modified: trunk/matplotlib/doc/devel/release_guide.rst
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/doc/devel/release_guide.rst	2008-12-11 01:10:35 UTC (rev 6559)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/doc/devel/release_guide.rst	2008-12-11 03:04:59 UTC (rev 6560)
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
 
 * on windows, unix2dos the rc file
 
+* make a branch of the svn revision that is released, in case we need
+  to do a bug fix release.  Eg, from the top level of the mpl svn
+  tree, the one which has "branches", "tags" and "trunk", do::
+
+      > svn copy trunk/matplotlib branches/v0_98_4_maint
+
 .. _release-uploading:
 
 Uploading

Modified: trunk/matplotlib/lib/mpl_toolkits/exceltools.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/lib/mpl_toolkits/exceltools.py	2008-12-11 01:10:35 UTC (rev 6559)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/lib/mpl_toolkits/exceltools.py	2008-12-11 03:04:59 UTC (rev 6560)
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@
 """
 import copy
 import numpy as np
-import pyExcelerator as excel
+
+try:
+    import xlwt as excel
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        import pyExcelerator as excel
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ImportError('You must install xlwt or pyExcelterator to use the exceltools')
+
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
 import matplotlib.mlab as mlab
 


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