On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:26 AM, cjw <cjw@ncf.ca> wrote:

These are good issues, that need to be discussed and resolved.  Python has the benefit of having a BDFL.  Numpy has no similar arrangement.
In the post-numarray period, Travis Oliphant took that role and advanced the package in many ways.

It seems that Travis is no longer available.  There is a need for someone, or maybe some group of three, who would be guided by the sort of thinking Charles Harris sets out above, who would make the final decision.

We should crown Charles philosopher king, and let him wisely rule over us with the aid of his aristocracy of devs with merge rights. We would make Plato proud! :-)