Availability of Numpy, WX, Matplotlib and Scipy under Python3
Dear All
Availability of Numpy, WX, Matplotlib and Scipy under Python3
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I am a user of Debian Squeeze (6.0.5) on an AMD64 computer. I would
like to switch a mainstream development of mine from Python2.6 (or 2.7)
to Python3.1 (or 3.2) as soon as practical.
The application makes heavy use of numpy and wx and will soon make heavy
use of scipy, matplotlib and various other python libraries that are
widely used. Currently, as far as I can see, there is no support for
these libraries under python3, as installed using Debian Synaptic from
the Debian site(s). The technical problem is one of the location of
these python libraries in the Linux directory tree, and the versions of
numpy and scipy not being sufficiently recent for use with python3.0 or
higher.
I could install these libraries from the current source downloads.
However, that is a load of effort and (worse) there is a risk that I
will do not do it properly and get in a mess.
Is there any current expectation of when these libraries, especially
python3-numpy, python3-wx and python3-matplotlib are likely to become
available under Debian Squeeze?
As an alternative, on the assumption that they will be available under
Debian Wheezy, what is the likely timescale for that release to move
from testing to stable?
Information on the above would help me decide what to do: (i) carry on
with Python2 for a bit longer; (ii) go for a source code install of
these libraries for python3 under Debian; (iii) acquire a (new)
non-critical computer and install a test version of Debian Wheezy on it,
with most/all python libraries being python3 compatible; even (iv) use
an MS Windows version of python3 and the libraries and try running it
under Wine.
Thanks in advance for any useful information.
Best regards
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Nigel Sedgwick, Cambridge Algorithmica Ltd
URL: http://www.camalg.co.uk
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