[Pythonmac-SIG] bdist_mpkg question: getting pytz included with matplotlib

[Christopher Barker]

Russell E. Owen wrote:
> Sorry to follow up my own posting, but I found one way to do it:
> 
> modify matplotlib's setup.py file to always install dateutil and pytz. 
> It turns out normally only installs them if a version doesn't already 
> exist.

I think it's a better idea to build mpkgs of dateutil and pytz, and put 
those up on pythonmac also. MPL is a library, not a complete, stand 
alone system, it's OK for it to have dependencies, as long as there is 
an easy way to find and install them.

> Perhaps this is a case for installing matplotlib using easy_install 
> instead.

eggs do have their advantages. I'd still like to see some (even very 
minimal) GUI way to install eggs, but until then, it's not that big deal 
to install them from the command line.

We could certainly put binary eggs up on pythonmac too.

-Chris



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