Re: [matplotlib-devel] MEP11: Attempting to deal with the Python library dependency issue

[Chris B. <chr...@no...>]

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Erik Bray <eri...@gm...> wrote:
> So as you wrote in the MEP, Numpy will simply have to be installed
> separately, I think, if the C++ modules require the Numpy headers.

Which is totally fine -- MPL requires a bunch of non-python
dependencies (OK, a few) anyway, so no matter how you slice it, you
need to get some stuf set up before you can build MPL.

Ideally, no on e needs to build MPL that would have trouble with this
requirement -- that's what binaries (and nifty linux .deb / .rpm ) are
for.

I personally prefer that dependencies are well documented, but not
necessarily auto-installed -- the auto stuff is just not reliable
enough.

-Chris




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