On 07/12/2010 04:45 PM, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Przemek Klosowski > <przemek.klosowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Every file outside of this 'core examples' set could print the message >> "This example's functionality may depend on the specific configuration >> of matplotlib and other packages". Even better, could it be in some sort >> of try/catch block? > > Uhm, I'm much more inclined to remove examples completely than I am to > modify each and everyone with a downstream specific patch to meet a > subjective requirement on what appropriate notice. If a single > additional boilerplate file in the examples directory is not enough... > then I'll just get rid of them entirely and avoid the issue of > accidental confusion concerning what is and what is not _supported_. If you kill all of them you'd get rid of the ones you suggested for a legit AutoQA tests. I agree about the ugliness of modifying every example file. Perhaps a directory examplesThatShouldWork with symlinks to the "OK" set? Maybe that's too obtrusive. What about a script that would be the basis for the autoQA run: /usr/share/doc/python-matplotlib-0.99.1.2/examples/README.fedora containing: #!/bin/sh # Examples provided with matplotlib may depend on other software being # installed. The examples invoked in this file are supposed to work # on a Fedora installation; other examples may not run or give errors. python mplot3d/bars3d_demo.py ... -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
