Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2014-02-15 Thread Karl Rupp
Hi Toby, >> The less expertise a package assumes from its users, the better and more >> useful it usually is :-) Python's success is the best evidence :-) > > Right. What sort of first steps tutorials should I include? I don't know > what would be too basic.. Just a few basic examples on how to

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2014-02-14 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Hey all, So I've fixed all the below stuff (but I've not yet uploaded a new package to the PPA). I just want a small piece of advice (below). Karl Rupp writes: >>> * Okay, so let's try to print individual elements of A and B: >>>A(1,1);# error! >>>A.item(1,1); # error! >>>A

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-24 Thread Karl Rupp
Hi Toby, >> * Found the PyViennaCL documentation, but it was *not* installed >> automatically, but listed as 'suggested' package. I think this can be >> addressed in the installation instructions and does not require a change >> in behavior. > Sure, I only listed it as suggested because the HTML

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-24 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Dear Karl, Karl Rupp writes: > * Installation: Works nicely from the PPA, no problems with my Linux > Mint Maya (based on Ubuntu 12.04, so this is expected). Good! :) > * Found the PyViennaCL documentation, but it was *not* installed > automatically, but listed as 'suggested' package. I think

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-24 Thread Karl Rupp
Hi Toby, alright, finally some first testing experience. This is a bunch of very basic information, as I'm only now in the state where I can mimic a new PyViennaCL user ;-) * Installation: Works nicely from the PPA, no problems with my Linux Mint Maya (based on Ubuntu 12.04, so this is expecte

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-22 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Hi again, Karl Rupp writes: > Okay, 1.5.0 is out, I'll fall asleep now and start testing pyViennaCL asap. Yes -- get some rest, and by the morning, some fixed pyviennacl packages will be available ready for testing in the Ubuntu PPA :) Cheers, Toby ---

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-22 Thread Karl Rupp
Hey, >> Ah, I see. What about setting the defines globally through the CMake >> build system? That should be far less error-prone and easier to configure... > > Quite...! :) :-) Okay, 1.5.0 is out, I'll fall asleep now and start testing pyViennaCL asap. Best regards, Karli --

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-22 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Karl Rupp writes: > Ah, I see. What about setting the defines globally through the CMake > build system? That should be far less error-prone and easier to configure... Quite...! :) -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems befo

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-22 Thread Karl Rupp
Hey, > So it turned out that it wasn't anything to do with my previous error, > just that having split up the files, I had not put the OpenCL #define in > all the right places. > > In fact, come to think of it, that may be the cause of the shared_ptr > troubles. Agh!! Ah, I see. What about setti

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-22 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Toby St Clere Smithe writes: > I'll dig around some more... So it turned out that it wasn't anything to do with my previous error, just that having split up the files, I had not put the OpenCL #define in all the right places. In fact, come to think of it, that may be the cause of the shared_ptr

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-22 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Hi Karl, Karl Rupp writes: > > So I've uploaded PyViennaCL packages which don't have the shared_ptr >> troubles that my previous ones did (in the end, I split what used to be >> a single Python extension into many smaller extensions under one package >> namespace). These packages seem mostly to

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-22 Thread Karl Rupp
Hi Toby, > So I've uploaded PyViennaCL packages which don't have the shared_ptr > troubles that my previous ones did (in the end, I split what used to be > a single Python extension into many smaller extensions under one package > namespace). These packages seem mostly to work, and (for instance)

[ViennaCL-devel] PyViennaCL: Call for testing / advice (2)

2013-12-21 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Hi all, So I've uploaded PyViennaCL packages which don't have the shared_ptr troubles that my previous ones did (in the end, I split what used to be a single Python extension into many smaller extensions under one package namespace). These packages seem mostly to work, and (for instance), pass my