Re: [matplotlib-devel] OS-X binaries?

[Matthew B. <mat...@gm...>]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Russell E. Owen <ro...@uw...> wrote:
> In article
> <CAH...@ma...>,
>  Matthew Brett <mat...@gm...>
>  wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal
>> <chr...@no...> wrote:
>> > Are there recent binaries for OS-X anywhere? There don't seem to be
>> > any for recent releases on the MPL download page.
>> >
>> > I know we had a discussion about this a whole back, but don't remember
>> > the outcome. But I hope we'll continue to put them up-- macports and
>> > friends really aren't the best solutions for everyone.
>>
>> I hope I have this cracked now, at least in principle.
>>
>> The latest versions are here:
>>
>> http://nipy.bic.berkeley.edu/scipy_installers/
>>
>> Following Matt Terry's example, I'm testing the builds and then the
>> installers here:
>>
>> https://travis-ci.org/matthew-brett/mpl-osx-binaries
>
> The last ones I got from you worked very well: just a few test failures
> and the current one seems to be doing about the same.
>
> Thank you very much for providing these! I hope you will post them to
> the matplotlib official site.

I'd be happy to - I think I'm waiting for some agreement that that is
OK.  I suppose I don't have permission to do that at the moment.

> One odd failure (in both of them) that I don't remember seeing before:
> /2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/projections/geo.py:485:
> RuntimeWarning: invalid value encountered in arcsin
>   theta = np.arcsin(y / np.sqrt(2))
>
> There's a complaint about an invalid font name, but I've seen that for
> quite some time:
> Ekpathsea: Invalid fontname `Bitstream Vera Serif', contains ' '
>
> FAILED (KNOWNFAIL=2, SKIP=1, errors=2)
>
> One small suggestion: if it's not too much trouble, might you make them
> .dmgs? It's a bit more convenient then having to unzip them to use them.
> But if it's too much work don't bother; zipped mpkg are fine and it's
> wonderful to have complete binary installers.

Yes - sure - I'll build the DMGs - was just trying to save myself some
effort while waiting for feedback - and - thanks for the feedback ...

Cheers,

Matthew