On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM, <skip@pobox.com> wrote:
Nevermind, I think. As it turns out if py25-gtk is already installed the matplotlib build process will recognize its availability. This is a bit confusing, especially since the installed port lists as
py25-matplotlib @0.91.2_0+tkinter
It would be kinda nice if it could somehow relay the fact that it also supports gtk.
Due to the way that matplotlib build system works it would be very difficult to do what you suggest. The tkinter, wxpython and gtk variants setup up the default backends and ensure that the appropriate dependencies are installed. However, if you already have the py25-gtk installed, for example, then the matplotlib build system will find this and build the required backend even if you didn't specify the gtk variant. I'm open to suggestions if you can come up with a better way of doing this. Cheers Adam