Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should I use pip install numpy in linux?

2016-01-14 Thread James E.H. Turner
On 09/01/16 00:13, Nathaniel Smith wrote: Right. There's a small problem which is that the base linux system isn't just "CentOS 5", it's "CentOS 5 and here's the list of libraries that you're allowed to link to: ...", where that list is empirically chosen to include only stuff that really is

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Proposal: stop supporting 'setup.py install'; start requiring 'pip install .' instead

2015-10-27 Thread James E.H. Turner
Apparently it is not well known that if you have a Python project source tree (e.g., a numpy checkout), then the correct way to install it is NOT to type python setup.py install # bad and broken! but rather to type pip install . Though I haven't studied it exhaustively, it always

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Governance model request

2015-09-22 Thread James E.H. Turner
I don't think I've contributed code to NumPy itself, but as someone involved in the scientific python ecosystem for a while, I can't see why people would consider Continuum less of a legitimate participant or community member than individual contributors, especially if the person behind it has