Code reorganization in Glue v0.7ΒΆ

In the Glue v0.7 release, a large number of functions and classes have been reorganized to help make the code base more approachable to new developers. As a result, users importing classes/functions from Glue may need to update imports in e.g. config scripts. Most of the files affected are likely only used internally in Glue, but all the moves are nevertheless documented below for completeness.

For a few common cases, backward-compatibility is provided for now. These special cases are:

Old location in Glue v0.6 New location in Glue v0.7
glue.qt.get_qapp glue.external.qt.get_qapp
glue.qt.qtutil.load_ui glue.utils.qt.helpers.load_ui
glue.qt.widget_properties glue.utils.qt.widget_properties
glue.qt.widgets.data_viewer glue.viewers.common.qt.data_viewer

The old imports will continue to work for now, but will be removed in future, after a couple of major releases.

On the other hand, the following imports will need to be updated now, as no backward-compatibility is provided for these:

Old location in Glue v0.6 New location in Glue v0.7
glue.clients.ds9norm glue.viewers.image.ds9norm
glue.clients.histogram_client glue.viewers.histogram.client
glue.clients.image_client glue.viewers.image.client
glue.clients.layer_artist.ChangedTrigger glue.clients.layer_artist.ChangedTrigger
glue.clients.layer_artist.LayerArtistContainer glue.clients.layer_artist.LayerArtistContainer
glue.clients.layer_artist.LayerArtist glue.clients.layer_artist.MatplotlibLayerArtist
glue.clients.profile_viewer glue.plugins.tools.spectrum_viewer.profile_viewer
glue.clients.scatter_client glue.viewers.scatter.client
glue.clients.tests.util.renderless_figure glue.utils.matplotlib.renderless_figure
glue.clients.util.small_view_array glue.core.util.small_view_array
glue.clients.util.small_view glue.core.util.small_view
glue.clients.util.tick_linker glue.core.util.tick_linker
glue.clients.util.update_ticks glue.core.util.update_ticks
glue.clients.util.visible_limits glue.core.util.visible_limits
glue.core.qt.simpleforms glue.core.qt.simpleforms
glue.core.util.CallbackMixin glue.utils.misc.CallbackMixin
glue.core.util.defer glue.utils.misc.defer
glue.core.util.Pointer glue.utils.misc.Pointer
glue.core.util.PropertySetMixin glue.utils.misc.PropertySetMixin
glue.qt.custom_viewer glue.viewers.custom.qt
glue.qt.data_slice_widget glue.viewers.common.qt.data_slice_widget
glue.qt.decorators glue.utils.qt.decorators
glue.qt.feedback.FeedbackWidget glue.app.qt.feedback.FeedbackWidget
glue.qt.glue_application.GlueApplication glue.app.qt.application.GlueApplication
glue.qt.glue_toolbar glue.viewers.common.qt.toolbar
glue.qt.layer_artist_model glue.core.qt.layer_artist_model
glue.qt.link_editor glue.dialogs.link_editor.qt
glue.qt.mime.PyMimeData glue.utils.qt.mime.PyMimeData
glue.qt.mime glue.core.qt.mime
glue.qt.mouse_mode glue.viewers.common.qt.mouse_mode
glue.qt.plugin_manager.QtPluginManager glue.app.qt.plugin_manager.QtPluginManager
glue.qt.qtutil.action glue.app.qt.actions.action
glue.qt.qtutil.cache_axes glue.utils.matplotlib.cache_axes
glue.qt.qtutil.cmap2pixmap glue.utils.qt.colors.cmap2pixmap
glue.qt.qtutil.ComponentIDCombo glue.core.qt.component_id_combo
glue.qt.qtutil.data_wizard glue.dialogs.data_wizard.qt.data_wizard
glue.qt.qtutil.get_text glue.utils.qt.dialogs.get_text
glue.qt.qtutil.GlueActionButton glue.app.qt.actions.GlueActionButton
glue.qt.qtutil.GlueItemWidget glue.utils.qt.mixins.GlueItemWidget
glue.qt.qtutil.GlueListWidget glue.core.qt.mime.GlueMimeListWidget
glue.qt.qtutil.GlueTabBar glue.utils.qt.helpers.GlueTabBar
glue.qt.qtutil.icon_path glue.icons.icon_path
glue.qt.qtutil.layer_artist_icon glue.icons.qt.layer_artist_icon
glue.qt.qtutil.layer_icon glue.icons.qt.layer_icon
glue.qt.qtutil.load_icon glue.icons.qt.load_icon
glue.qt.qtutil.mpl_to_qt4_color glue.utils.qt.colors.mpl_to_qt4_color
glue.qt.qtutil.pick_class glue.utils.qt.dialogs.pick_class
glue.qt.qtutil.pick_item glue.utils.qt.dialogs.pick_item
glue.qt.qtutil.pretty_number glue.utils.qt.PropertySetMixin
glue.qt.qtutil.PythonListModel glue.utils.qt.python_list_model.PythonListModel
glue.qt.qtutil.qt4_to_mpl_color glue.utils.qt.colors.qt4_to_mpl_color
glue.qt.qtutil.RGBEdit glue.viewers.image.qt.rgb_edit.RGBEdit
glue.qt.qtutil.symbol_icon glue.icons.qt.symbol_icon
glue.qt.qtutil.tint_pixmap glue.utils.qt.colors.tint_pixmap
glue.qt.qtutil.update_combobox glue.utils.qt.helpers.update_combobox
glue.qt.qtutil.Worker glue.utils.qt.threading.Worker
glue.qt.qt_backend.Timer glue.backends.QtTimer
glue.qt.qt_roi glue.core.qt.roi
glue.qt.widgets.custom_component_widget glue.dialogs.custom_component.qt
glue.qt.widgets.glue_mdi_area glue.app.qt.mdi_area
glue.qt.widgets.histogram_widget glue.viewers.histogram.qt
glue.qt.widgets.histogram_widget glue.viewers.image.qt
glue.qt.widgets.layer_tree_widget glue.app.qt.layer_tree_widget
glue.qt.widgets.message_widget glue.core.qt.message_widget
glue.qt.widgets.MplWidget glue.viewers.common.qt.mpl_widget.MplWidget
glue.qt.widgets.mpl_widget glue.viewers.common.qt.mpl_widget
glue.qt.widgets.scatter_widget glue.viewers.scatter.qt
glue.qt.widgets.settings_editor glue.app.qt.settings_editor
glue.qt.widgets.style_dialog glue.core.qt.style_dialog
glue.qt.widgets.subset_facet glue.dialogs.subset_facet.qt
glue.qt.widgets.table_widget glue.viewers.table.qt
glue.qt.widgets.terminal glue.app.qt.terminal

If it would be helpful for us to add back backward-compatibility for any of these, please let us know!