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I have a system that creates PDF output using matplotlib/basemap, and I'm wondering if anyone can give me some information on how to work around a bug in the PDF backend.
I submitted the following bug to the mailing list:
http://old.nabble.com/error-with-basemap-and-pdf-td25899014.html#a25899014
and then to the bug tracker:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2879910&group_id=80706&atid=560720
last October, _after_ the most recent stable matplotlib release.
According to those discussions, the bug has been fixed in SVN. Accordingly, I have recently tried to build matplotlib from source, but cannot use the resulting binaries, due to the problem described in the following mailing list thread and bug report:
http://old.nabble.com/Cannot-import-ft2font-on-Mac-OSX-td27756808.html#a27758227
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2959725&group_id=80706&atid=560720
I figure I could solve my problem one of three ways:
1) Waiting for the current SVN code to become a stable release. This would need to happen before my system goes live.
2) Patch my current code with the fix already in SVN. I would need someone to point me to the relevant files, and give me some pointers on applying the patch.
3) Getting some help with my SVN build issue.
Does anyone have any tips?
Thanks,
Mike

Günter Lichtenberg wrote:
> On Thursday 04 March 2010 14:20:41 you wrote:
>> 2010年3月4日 Günter Lichtenberg <Gue...@dl...>:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I think there is a bug in the conversion routines jul2num() and
>>> num2jul(). I tried to define a date axis for satellite data. The time is
>>> measured in a modified Julian Date (JD). So reading in the data and then
>>> doing
>> Hi Günter,
>>
>> Thanks for digging into this. Could you file a report on the bug tracker
>>
> 
> Done under
> 
> 2963391 Wrong conversion in julian2num/num2julian
> 
> gl
> 
Thanks. Fixed in 8181 (branch) and 8182 (trunk).
Eric

Hello,
Given the interest in participating in the GSoC this summer, I am
forwarding a very interesting email from Titus Brown. If you are
interested in doing a GSoC or mentoring, please read his email
carefully.
Basically, the PSF will be focuing on Py3K-related projects. Given
Pauli's work on Py3K support for NumPy, I think we might be in a good
position to move forward on porting the rest of our stack to Py3K. So
we should focus on projects to:
1. finish porting and testing NumPy with Py3K
2. port and test SciPy with Py3K
3. port and test matplotlib with Py3K
4. port and test ipython with Py3K
5. etc.
Given the PSF's stated emphasis this year, it probably doesn't make
sense to pursue any non-Py3K projects.
Jarrod
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: C. Titus Brown <ct...@ms...>
Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:12 AM
Subject: [SoC2009-mentors] [ct...@ms...: GSoC 2010 - it's on!]
To: soc...@py...
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Date: 2010年2月24日 12:54:52 -0800
From: "C. Titus Brown" <ct...@ms...>
To: psf...@py...
Cc: gso...@py...
Subject: GSoC 2010 - it's on!
Hi all,
it's that time of year again, and Google has decided to run the Google
Summer of Code again!
 http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-discuss/browse_thread/thread/d839c0b02ac15b3f
 http://socghop.appspot.com/
Arc Riley has stepped up to run it for the PSF again this year, and I'm
backstopping him. If you are interested in mentoring or kibbitzing on those
who are, please sign up for the soc2010-mentors mailing list here,
 http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/soc2010-mentors
This year we're proposing to solicit and prioritize applications for
Python 3.x -- 3K tools, porting old projects, etc. Python 2.x projects
will be a distinct second. There will be no "core" category this year,
although obviously if someone on one of the core teams wants to push a
project it'll help!
If you have an idea for a project, please send it to the -mentors list and add
it to the wiki at
 http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2010
We're also going to change a few things up to make it more useful to the PSF.
Specifically,
 - the foundation is going to *require* 1 blog post/wk from each student.
 - we're going to hire an administrative assistant to monitor the students.
 - the student application process will be a bit more rigorous and job-app
 like; the Django SF has been doing this for at least one round and they
 claim that it results in much better and more serious students.
 - we'll be focusing on student quality more than on project egalitarianism.
 If project X can recruit three fantastic students to one fantastic and one
 mediocre student for project Y, then project X gets three and project Y
 gets one.
The hope is that this will make the GSoC much more useful for Python than
it has been in the past.
Arc will be posting something to the www.python.org site and python-announce
soon, too.
Followups to soc2010-mentors.
cheers,
--titus
--
C. Titus Brown, ct...@ms...
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