Upgrading from Python 2.6.5 w.r.t. matplotlib/numpy?

[Robert Kern]

On 6/17/10 12:24 AM, Stephen Hansen wrote:
> On 6/16/10 10:18 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> I'm like to go direct to Python 3.1 if possible, but if necessary I'll
>> happily use Python 2.7 as an interim measure. However I'm uncertain as
>> to the status of matplotlib and its dependency on numpy.  I've tried
>> googling their development mailing lists but don't really understand
>> what the current situation is.

Asking those mailing lists is probably the best course.

>> Could somebody please recommend whether
>> I take the direct or indirect route to Python 3.1.  FWIW I'm on Windows
>> Vista.
>
> Numpy isn't available for 3.1 yet. IIUC, its not That Terribly Awfully
> Long Away (meaning, some indeterminate time probably counted in months
> and not years), but its not there yet.

I believe it builds and passes most tests. Maybe not on Vista, though.

-- 
Robert Kern

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