I hope this message is on-topic for this mailing list! I'm working on the packaging for python-numpy 1.5 in the next version of Ubuntu (11.04 - Natty), and I'm hitting an issue that I'm hoping you can help me with.
For reference, the two relevant bugs are: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-numpy/+bug/664276 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-numpy/+bug/664397 Here's the problem: for Ubuntu, we've had to disable the building of the numpy documentation package, because its dependencies violate Ubuntu policy. Numpy is in our "main" archive but the documentation depends on python-matplotlib, which lives in our "universe" archive. Such cross archive dependencies break the build. We can't put python-matplotlib in main because of *its* dependencies. You get the idea: its entire dependency stack would have to be moved to main and that's not feasible. There are a number of workarounds that we might employ to re-enable the docs, but here's what I've done so far: In conf.py: * Wrapped the 'import matplotlib' in a try-except and just issue a warning if the import fails. * use_plots = False * Comment out 'plot_directive' in extensions In doc/sphinxext/tests/test_docscrape.py: * in test_plot_examples(): * cfg = dict(use_plots=False) This lets me get through the build of the docs without the dependency on matplotlib, and a cursory look at the documentation looks pretty good. I'm inclined to propose this as a permanent workaround, but I wanted to get your feedback first. Is there a better way to build the docs without matplotlib? What are the practical effects of my workaround? Do you think this will be an acceptable solution for Ubuntu users of numpy? Cheers, -Barry
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