Re: [Matplotlib-users] Python 3

[Xavier G. <xav...@gm...>]

On 01/03/2011 05:29 PM, Ryan May wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Darren Dale<dsd...@gm...>  wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Ryan May<rm...@gm...>  wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Xavier Gnata<xav...@gm...>  wrote:
>>>> "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/matplotlib/backends/qt4_editor/formlayout.py",
>>>> line 59, in<module>
>>>>      from PyQt4.QtCore import (Qt, SIGNAL, SLOT, QSize, QString,
>>>> ImportError: cannot import name QString
>>>>
>>>> Looks like this backend hasn't been ported yet.
>>> I remember seeing this on Gentoo and, unfortunately, never tracked it
>>> down. However, it seems to me this is a problem with your PyQt4
>>> install and Python 3, as QString should be found.
>> It's not a problem with the PyQt4 installation. PyQt on python-3 uses
>> PyQt's new API, which uses python strings and does not provide
>> QString, QChar, and friends.
>> http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/pyqt4ref.html#selecting-incompatible-apis
> I stand corrected. I don't know what's worse, being so blatently
> wrong, or having wasted a bunch of time in the past trying to "fix" a
> "broken" install.
>
> Time to don ye olde paper bag...
>
> Ryan
>
ok. It means that the qt4 backend need to be ported to python3.
Should I try the tk backend ?
What's the plan? First port matplotlib core? Focus on one backend?
What do you want us to test? How should we report python3 related bugs?

Xavier