Please backport Mayavi from Debian

[Gael Varoquaux]

Binary package hint: mayavi2

You will need also to backport python-enthoughtbase, python-traits, python-traitsgui, python-envisagecore, python-apptools, python-envisageplugins, python-chaco, python-enable, python-traits, python-traitsbackendwx, python-traitsbackendqt

These new releases bring in many bug fixes and feature additions.

[Scott Howard (showard314)]

Thanks for the report and helping make ubuntu better.

To request a backport, please follow the steps here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#How%20to%20request%20new%20packages

mayavi is still in unstable and not in lucid, so the backport may be difficult this close to lucid release (it would need to be included in lucid, and it is not yet)

[Scott Howard (showard314)]

(correction mayavi2 version 3.3.1 is still in debian unstable) To get a Karmic backport, the package must be in Lucid (which it is not and might not be included before Lucid's release).

See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureFreeze

[Gael Varoquaux (gael-varoquaux)]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 03:02:06PM -0000, Scott Howard wrote:
> (correction mayavi2 version 3.3.1 is still in debian unstable) To get a
> Karmic backport, the package must be in Lucid (which it is not and might
> not be included before Lucid's release).

I realize that I hadn't worded my bug report properly: I meant 'please
sync' and not 'please backport'. I think that it is more than reasonnable
given limited manpower not to try and port 3.3.1 in Karmic. It would be
great to have it in Lucid, though.

Best,

Gaël