On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Jarrod Millman <millman@berkeley.edu> wrote:
Here are the remaining tasks that I am aware of that need to be done before tagging 1.2.0b1 on the 8th.
Median ====== The call signature for median needs to change from def median(a, axis=0, out=None, overwrite_input=False): to def median(a, axis=None, out=None, overwrite_input=False): in both numpy/ma/extras.py and numpy/lib/function_base.py
Histogram ======== The call signature for histogram needs to change from def histogram(a, bins=10, range=None, normed=False, weights=None, new=False): to def histogram(a, bins=10, range=None, normed=False, weights=None, new=True): in numpy/lib/function_base.py
Question: Should histogram raise a warning by default (new=True) to warn users that the behaviour has changed ? Or warn only if new=False to remind that the old behaviour will be deprecated in 1.3 ? I think that users will prefer being annoyed at warnings than surprised by an unexpected change, but repeated warnings can become a nuisance. To minimize annoyance, we could also offer three possibilities: new=None (default) : Equivalent to True, print warning about change. new=True : Don't print warning. new=False : Print warning about future deprecation. So those who have already set new=True don't get warnings, and all others are warned. Feedback ? David H.
Documentation ============ The documentation project needs to merge in its changes. Stefan will take care of this on the 5th.
Please let me know ASAP if there is anything I am missing.
Thanks,
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