Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: ghisvail@gmail.com Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Matplotlib 3.0 - update ok? Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:00:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Tue Oct 16 06:55:59 2018 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.462 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SARE_MSGID_LONG40=0.637] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -7 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tWh3Mew2hzUAJgO3keHTGkEUuVE/7bhv33wy0/dgekM=; b=krlFnncnu7w5lqxOs2xQI18WZCePHo6+H6u851w6Y4R0C2i3jENzVqXxpXdZG8VeZP nQBP7QGyIU4bkt99NfTFUoiW382Prp/NPtQKiWp95OjM2MaTzp4/Pbvr8mnh/bmEqopY XuoKHbMFwpS4U+jVSjHX+zspJoMX8zqil1zu4nN2RFm/IALikjlEi4tRp0etXhQHEuUk 8OSvKpnHkbUekdzIZQjnK5nH/2SSMzIftTpSuARseVgEylalMKyWh3UfDVQ36DU8nsvS Cg8NnC1AWyDpAFz6eBWUL811WdXBlt0D12lsCejpmRlK0yxsi73p7kAlGK9jXZjmWXsy nZww== X-Google-Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to :references:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tWh3Mew2hzUAJgO3keHTGkEUuVE/7bhv33wy0/dgekM=; b=oDW7E4tB/MrqW71Pj6prewQuSZv422QPUB6DOWYTrWMT1qdhj+A7MN06CmldBCk1sB uME4C2QYrJDXR/eym4ts3/6sB++pMlJd8rTzDhEhhSP7FTYfZ0OQlKkcvDrwee3rkRjv tosadlzwSJWhnZhJMV/dXH0oT2mohEoE12cCFs4UV4pel0FsE1+JaWfP0uBTKyU3zg10 HyvGItYOCUvUoDcnEetaaLI6U9Icp3duGSLw7aXR4lSgMFIoo5IynffszaBX4WCsxU2K NV9LgSN4nmW8n45QgxyKzGKP7e6bp29hTmYpmUJKOjKTjHTvsQtLhtniXpdPHbShnqSC CQrg== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfoh1Qrd4HKvxbH7KApPj9Ku3nIbX+xWtvmcrDlzyig+Fq1uu3Z1v H6XLvMHvQRiztJNp9hIA7qz/aGwR X-Google-SMTP-Source: ACcGV63gXc4MThPGxKdwLQcnQlC5ZFCH43Pmr6hmaSKPVIpNoNIyjvUyUhyShg0oJoavAH9xiIJmhg== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:540d:: with SMTP id g13-v6mr17187900wrv.4.1539672941852; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:55:41 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.1-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/16445 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/9a951bcf0467588fdd0b64dad002724c61980660.camel@gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 44 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:55:40 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: <9a951bcf0467588fdd0b64dad002724c61980660.camel@gmail.com> X-Original-References: <47afc535-29be-9a2f-291f-37d790a618ad@uni-rostock.de> <20181016064615.7nja4gr4wffnf666@an3as.eu> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:11013 On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 08:46 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 07:30:55AM +0100, ghisvail@gmail.com wrote: > > > Any opinions from your sides? > > > > How is that going to work without creating package conflicts? > > > > I suppose the main module is still named "matplotlib" not > > "matplotlib3" in version 3 onwards? So using python3-matplotlib3 > > would > > be a breach of policy. > > Probably. Described in Section 2.2 of the Debian Python policy. > > Let me ask you this: where is the rush to package this machine > > learning > > library? Could it wait after the Buster release cycle, where we > > might > > be in a more comfortable position to upgrade matplotlib? > > I'm not sure what might be the difference between: > > 3.0.0 Stable version > 2.2.3 LTS LTS version > > We have some months left until freeze so may be right now it is not > to > late to package what upstream considers stable. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. >From the upstream homepage: "Matplotlib 3.0 is Python 3 only." Afaik, Python 2 is still considered relevant for the Buster release cycle. Hence why I am suggesting to wait for the next release cycle before upgrading key scientific packages, such as matplotlib, to Python 3 only. Cheers, Ghis