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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Idea: copy cycler package into matplotlib sourcecode","articleBody":"This is not a bug, but an idea / suggestion. It has been probably a topic of debate in the past, but I would like to bring this topic up again.\r\n\r\nGiven the size of the `cycler` package, it might be a good idea to copy the sourcecode of cycler (some 500 lines) into the matplotlib repository and get rid of this dependency. When I first read about the purpose of cycler, I was somewhat surprised that it is a seperate package. It's not as small as the javascript is-even package, but still, it's fairly small.\r\n\r\nAdvantages:\r\n- Less packages, so matplotlib becomes easier to re-package for distribution builders.\r\n- No configuration management / incompatibilities between cycler and matplotlib.\r\n- Easier implementation of cross package changes (i.e. changes which must be applied to matplotlib and cycler at the same time).\r\n\r\nDisadvantages:\r\n- code duplication of the cycler package.\r\n\r\nPlease feel free to close this issue immediately if this was already brought up many times. Thank you for creating matplotlib! It's fantastic!","author":{"url":"https://github.com/windelbouwman","@type":"Person","name":"windelbouwman"},"datePublished":"2019-07-03T13:53:18.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/14682/matplotlib/issues/14682"}