Bug 498070

Summary: Update python-matplotlib in EPEL5
Product: [Fedora] Fedora EPEL Reporter: Kent Baxley <kbaxley>
Component: python-matplotlibAssignee: Jef Spaleta <jspaleta>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: el5CC: cww, jspaleta, mastahnke, tremble, woodard
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Description Kent Baxley 2009-04-28 18:52:59 UTC 
Description of problem:

Request from customer to update python-matplotlib from python-matplotlib-0.90.1-1.  The main reason is due to license changes.  The latest version or whatever will work is fine, as long as it's newer than 0.90.1-1
Comment 1 Jef Spaleta 2009-04-28 19:57:37 UTC 
Uhm,
There are significant API changes in later versions which are guaranteed to break existing plotting scripts.

I'm not against upgrading personally..but I'm not sure I can do it without significant potential disruption to users.

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/api_changes.html

Just changing to 0.91.0 might be "too big" of an API change for some people.

if I were going to cause an API breakage I would essentially suck it up and sync with Fedora and make it a one time pain for large benefit.

also note that python-basemap would also be affected.

EPEL's standing policy on minimizing disruption makes me hesitant to do a release bump here. Please advise.

-jef
Comment 4 Mark Chappell 2010-09-24 13:17:05 UTC 
Bumped quite a while back,

[root@centos55 ~]# rpm -q python-matplotlib
python-matplotlib-0.99.1.2-1.el5