pygtk2 and its numpy dependency

Jon Ciesla limb at jcomserv.net
Tue Aug 11 12:12:08 UTC 2009


Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 14:40 -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote:
>   
>> Adam Jackson wrote:
>>     
>>> a) remove the explicit Requires: numpy from pygtk2, require apps that
>>> actually want this function to Require it themselves
>>>
>>> b) fake the numpy data type ABI in pygtk2 itself by cult-and-pasting it
>>> from numpy
>>>
>>> c) declare that get_pixels_array() just doesn't work in Fedora
>>> (historically true, back in like FC3)
>>>
>>> d) leave things as they are
>>>
>>>       
>> Since pygtk2 does actually use numpy, isn't d) the best (albeit most 
>> annoying) option?
>>     
>
> Internally?  Or just to implement that one entrypoint?  I believe it to
> be the latter.
>
> - ajax
>   
I'm not sure, but what practical difference would that make?

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