On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Bruce Southey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I think that splitting the NumPy namespace should not happen within a > major release series because it would cause too many breakages. Rather > it should be in a forthcoming release like the 2.0 series where it may > be very feasible to have a true core functionality (NumPy), extended > functionality (SciPy) and specific applications (Scikits). At the same > time, Python 3K would be fully supported because it will break lots of > code.
I would prefer not to do it at all. We've just gotten people moved over from Numeric; I'd hate to break their trust again. > It is really nice to think about having NumPy Core, NumPy Full, > NumPyKits, SciPy Core, SciPy Full and SciPyKits. Really? It gives me the shivers, frankly. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
