Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.maint.python > #16850

Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie?

Show key headers only | View raw

Hi Nilesh, Alex,

Responding to the first point only, at the moment:

On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 at 07:39, Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> wrote:
> [ ... snip ... ]
> 1. matplotlib has historically shipped /etc/matploblibrc to force tkagg and patched the code
> to use this if there are no user defined rc files see [1]. However, this was not
> handled properly via maintscripts so that'd mean over-writing user-modified /etc/matplotlibrc.

Ah; what is the problem related to the maintscripts?

The /etc/matplotlibrc file is considered a config file by apt/dpkg (it
is not removed unless a purge is requested), so I was hoping that
shipping a default/unmodified matplotlibrc in an updated 3.10 upload
(as Alex suggests in his thread) would provide a useful additional
conflict-resolution step for anyone who has modified theirs.

> The backend detection logic is now better and I feel we should get rid of the "yield '/etc/matplotlibrc'" in
> [1] and also stop shipping the conffile both and add in a rm_conffile to remove previously
> installed /etc/matplotlibrc.

I don't have a strong opinion about this part, although when in
sysadmin mode, I do tend to go looking in /etc first to find config
files.

On the other hand, we wouldn't be the first package to read config
files from elsewhere on the filesystem - pipewire springs to mind as
another case where default config files are located under /usr/share,
for example.

> Probably also a d/NEWS to inform the sysadmin that this no longer works. It does not make
> sense to me for a python lib to have a conffile.

+1 to a NEWS entry.  I'm not so sure about removing the conffile
entirely yet, though.  I think it may be safer to treat it as a
feature deprecation, allowing time for feedback about any use cases
that seem to require it and/or for users to migrate to alternatives.

Regards,
James

Back to linux.debian.maint.python | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2025-02-16 08:00 +0100
  Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-02-23 00:50 +0100
    Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@fsfe.org> - 2025-02-23 14:00 +0100
      Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2025-03-06 18:00 +0100
        Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2025-03-11 14:40 +0100
          Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2025-03-13 00:00 +0100
            Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-03-13 00:20 +0100
              Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-03-16 16:10 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-03-16 22:40 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-03-17 04:20 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-03-18 01:20 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-03-18 08:00 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-03-18 10:10 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-03-18 12:10 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2025-03-30 10:30 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2025-03-30 13:50 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-03-30 14:00 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-03-18 22:00 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2025-03-22 20:30 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2025-03-23 13:30 +0100
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2025-04-12 10:00 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-04-12 12:20 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2025-04-12 15:10 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-04-12 20:20 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2025-04-12 23:00 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2025-04-12 23:40 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-04-13 00:40 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-04-19 17:40 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 17:50 +0200
                Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2025-10-31 17:50 +0100
    Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2025-02-23 19:50 +0100
      Re: Matplotlib 3.10.0 for trixie? James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2025-02-23 20:50 +0100

csiph-web