On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Charles R Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com>wrote:

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On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Travis Oliphant <oliphant@enthought.com>wrote:

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I like the idea. Is there resolution to the NA question?

No, people still disagree and are likely to do so for years to come with no end in sight. That's why the preview label.

Agreed that it's not resolved, but I think we at least got to the point

where we agreed not to back out the complete missing data additions. So if we clearly say that we keep all options for future API changes open (=preview label), I don't think that the issue should hold up a numpy release indefinitely.

Ralf

I think a release is a good idea. In addition to the previous points mentioned, having NA in as a preview in a 1.7.0 release will likely raise it's visibility - a lot of people will read release notes of a newer version but won't ever track discussions in a mailing list. Tim Burgess Software Engineer - Coral Reef Watch Satellite Applications and Research - NESDIS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration