python application question

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 06:20 -0700, a wrote:
> if i want to plot it i have to use something like matplotlib?  but
> this doesn't come with the standard installation.  so if i want
> someone else to use this application, do they have to install
> matplotlib themselves or is there a better way?

Use PyPI to distribute your application and declare matplotlib as a
requirement in your setup.py.  Then when they easy_install it should
take care of it.