Re: [matplotlib-devel] I have a Mac!

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On 08/20/2013 08:33 PM, Matt Terry wrote:
> That is handy information.  I'll start adding a python.org 
> <http://python.org> target.
>
> How broad coverage do we want?
> 10.6, 10.7, 10.8
> system, python.org <http://python.org> (2.7, 3.3), brew, macports
> virtualenv, no virtualenv
> with/without third party X

Yes, it's a big testing matrix, but I think we can treat it as sparser 
than it really is.

For example, I don't think it matters too much if we test with/without 
third party X with every version number of Python... Time will tell 
exactly what needs to be tested based on bug reports of side cases we 
*didn't* catch.

Also, would it make sense to move your mpl_on_travis_mac project to the 
matplotlib organization (and then add you as a developer over there?)

Mike

>
> The testing matrix blows up pretty quickly.  For those of you with 
> longer memories, where are the corners where things tend to break?
>
> -matt
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Russell E. Owen <ro...@uw... 
> <mailto:ro...@uw...>> wrote:
>
>     A few hints:
>
>     If you just want to build matplotlib for your own computer (and don't
>     care about making an installer that will work on anybody else's) then
>     you can install from source with very little trouble:
>     - You may want to edit setupext.py to limit searching to those
>     dirs that
>     really matter, but this is only needed if you have installed
>     extras that
>     might conflict.
>     - You may want to edit setup.cfg to select a better default back end.
>
>     You have to be much more careful if you want to build a binary
>     installer
>     that can be used by others. I've found that bdist_mpkg works, and I've
>     found it is safest to build on the oldest platform I want the
>     installer
>     to support (for example /usr/X11/lib moved in 10.8 or 10.7 in a
>     way that
>     is forward but not backwards compatible).
>
>     For Apple's python you need install anything; all you need is in
>     /usr/lib and /usr/X11/lib. I have no idea if TkAgg works well.
>
>     For python.org <http://python.org> python you should install a
>     version of Tcl/Tk. I suggest
>     ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5.11. Be warned that versions 8.5.12, 8.5.12.1,
>     8.5.13 all have known crashing problems; I have not tried 8.5.14
>     (which
>     came out fairly recently) as 8.5.11 seems to do well enough.
>
>     I've cannot comment on building matplotlib for macports, fink or
>     homebrew.
>
>     -- Russell
>
>     In article <520...@st...
>     <mailto:520...@st...>>,
>      Michael Droettboom <md...@st... <mailto:md...@st...>>
>      wrote:
>
>     > We actually discussed this very issue yesterday in our Google
>     hangout
>     > about continuous integration. We're probably going to need to
>     script a
>     > full setup from a clean Mac + XCode to a working matplotlib
>     development
>     > environment in order to make that happen, and obviously that will be
>     > shared with the world.  Things are even more complex on Windows,
>     and I'd
>     > like to do that there, too.  So stay tuned.
>     >
>     > Mike
>     >
>     > On 08/16/2013 10:02 AM, Paul Hobson wrote:
>     > > Mike,
>     > >
>     > > That's great news. Is there any chance we can look forward to
>     > > "official" instructions for setting up a Mac to develop
>     matplotlib?
>     > >
>     > > I gave up a long time ago and started piecing to together my
>     meager
>     > > PRs in a linux VM.
>     > > -paul
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Michael Droettboom
>     > > <md...@st... <mailto:md...@st...>
>     > > <mailto:md...@st... <mailto:md...@st...>>> wrote:
>     > >
>     > >     Thanks to the gracious donation from Hans Petter
>     Langtangen and the
>     > >     Center for Biomedical Computing at Simula
>     > >     (http://home.simula.no/~hpl <http://home.simula.no/%7Ehpl>
>     <http://home.simula.no/%7Ehpl>),
>     > >     I now have a new Mac Mini sitting at my desk.  This should
>     allow me to
>     > >     keep on top of changes that affect the Mac builds and to
>     better track
>     > >     down Mac-only issues.
>     > >
>     > >     Stay tuned over the next few weeks and months as we will most
>     > >     likely be
>     > >     using some more of these funds to pay for hosted continuous
>     > >     integration
>     > >     services (as discussed yesterday in our MEP19 Google Hangout).
>     > >
>     > >     Cheers,
>     > >     Mike
>
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