[SciPy-dev] Re: [Numpy-discussion] Trying out Numeric3

[Travis Oliphant]

>> Just for clarification: Is this scipy_core or Numeric3 that you're 
>> working on? Or are they the same?
>
>
> The idea was merge tools from scipy_core (that basically contains 
> scipy_distutils and scipy_base) to Numeric3. The features of 
> scipy_distutils have been stated in previous messages, some of these 
> features will be used to build Numeric3. scipy_base contains 
> enhancements to Numeric (now to be natural part of Numeric3) plus few 
> useful python modules. Which scipy_core modules exactly should be 
> included to Numeric3 or left out of it, depends on how crusial are 
> they for building/maintaining Numeric3 and whether they are useful in 
> general for Numeric3 users. This is completely open for discussion. No 
> part of scipy_core should be blindly copied to Numeric3 project.


My understanding is that scipy_core and Numeric3 are the same thing.  
I'm using the terminology Numeric3 in emails to avoid confusion, but I 
would rather see one package emerge from this like scipy_core.  I would 
prefer not to have a "Numeric3" package and a separate "scipy_core" 
package, unless there is a good reason to have two packages.

-Travis