List of minimal versions of dependencies #15326
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Great Idea. Also, do you think this list is discoverable deep down in the devels guide? |
Go for it.
I currently don't see a better place. The only other place talking about dependencies is https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/users/installing.html#dependencies. But that's concerned with installing the current version the docs belong to and talking about other versions there would rather be a distraction. For now, I think this is good enough as is. We might find a better place in the course of further restructuring the docs. |
…326-on-v3.2.x Backport PR #15326 on branch v3.2.x (List of minimal versions of dependencies)
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It's helpful to not only state the policy, but also list the effect for current and previous versions.
This may in particular also help people in legacy environments to quickly find out which version they can update to if they are bound e.g. to a certain NumPy or Python version.
I think other dependencies are less critical and I don't want to list all here. Therefore, a link to the full dependency specification is sufficient. But if somebody feels one or two additional dependencies should be listed here explicitly, we can still add them.