Bug#241214: RFP: python-chart -- Python library for creating high quality charts

[Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : python-chart
  Version         : 1.35
  Upstream Author : Yasushi Saito <ysaito@hpl.hp.com>
* URL             : http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Yasushi_Saito/pychart/
* License         : GPL
  Description     : Python library for creating high quality charts

PyChart is a Python library for creating high quality Encapsulated Postscript,
PDF, PNG, or SVG charts. It currently supports line plots, bar plots,
range-fill plots, and pie charts. Because it is based on Python, you can make
full use of Python's scripting power.

Some comparable projects are
 * Dislin.
   Dislin does 3-D plots, but it's not as configurable or as pretty as pychart.
 * Ploticus.
   Ploticus inspired PyChart most. It can produce a very pretty output, but
   writing a script for Ploticus is incredibly cumbersome.
 * Gnuplot.
   A long-time favorite of researchers. But its output is not up to publishing
   standard, in my opinion. 


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (499, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.22
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE@euro)