Please split this package

[dkfellows]

Because this package supports plotting out of the box despite this not being the main purpose of the package, installing this package is really difficult to install in some environments (it's because matplotlib is tricky). Those environments include key use cases like some user configurations on MacOS X and on Continuous Integration services. Could you please split this package, perhaps into baseline csa and csa-plot (for the problem code, which is just in the csa/plot.py file), so that applications which don't need the plotting capability can install the rest of the code easily? Thanks!

[apdavison]

Rather than splitting, which would increase the maintenance burden for @mdjurfeldt, would it work to just make the plotting optional? i.e. if you installed without matplotlib, then you would get an error message when trying to use the plot functions.

[mdjurfeldt]

Splitting the package also introduces complexity. An alternative solution could be to make the plotting optional---e.g. contingent on whether matplotlib is installed or not. What is your view on that? Den 20 sep. 2018 12:53 skrev "Donal Fellows" <notifications@github.com>: Because this package supports plotting out of the box *despite this not being the main purpose of the package*, installing this package is really difficult to install in some environments (it's because matplotlib is tricky). Those environments include key use cases like some user configurations on MacOS X and on Continuous Integration services. Could you *please* split this package, perhaps into baseline csa and csa-plot (for the problem code, which is just in the csa/plot.py file), so that applications which don't need the plotting capability can install the rest of the code easily? Thanks! — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#11>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADcfCWHP43xYwQjnxpaLlnmPkAhoiQ3dks5uc3OwgaJpZM4Wx4Hx> .

[mdjurfeldt]

@apdavison: We responded with the same idea simultaneously. 😊

[rowleya]

I think this would be fine for us (this was a request to make SpiNNaker software easier to install) - so long as matplotlib isn't listed as a requirement in setup.py or requirements.txt, it should work.

[Jay-sanjay]

hello , everyone I am a bit new to open-source contribution so would someone give me some issues to work on as a beginner