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For the 1.3 release, I think we should endeavor to have all backends working or removed. My definition of "working" here is a pretty low bar: I mean essentially importing and producing a usable result. I'm not talking about having all the fonts exactly match etc. such as with the known issues with (non-Agg) Wx and Gtk.
Here are the backends that I think are on the short list for removal:
- emf (requires pyemf, which is not currently available on PyPI)
- CocoaAgg -- reportedly doesn't import, but I haven't confirmed on a Mac
- fltk -- pyfltk doesn't have packages for my system (Fedora 18) and there are errors compiling it from source
And one additional suggestion -- it's working, but could be considered obsolete:
- Qt3Agg -- so much of the world has moved on to Qt4 and beyond, maybe it's time to retire these?
I know the Wx and Gtk backends are probably also low on the popularity list at this time, but they fill a unique niche for by providing better performance over remote X11 connections.
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