[Numpy-discussion] draft NEP for breaking ufunc ABI in a controlled way

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:38:36 -0700
Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
> Hi Antoine,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 2:44 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Nathaniel,
> >
> > On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 21:13:30 -0700
> > Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
> >> Given this, I propose that for 1.11 we:
> >> 1) go ahead and hide/disable the problematic parts of the ABI/API,
> >> 2) coordinate with the known affected projects to minimize disruption
> >> to their users (which is made easier since they are all projects that
> >> are almost exclusively distributed via conda, which enforces strict
> >> NumPy ABI versioning),
> >> 3) publicize these changes widely so as to give any private code that
> >> might be affected a chance to speak up or adapt, and
> >> 4) leave the "ABI version tag" as it is, so as not to force rebuilds
> >> of the vast majority of projects that will be unaffected by these
> >> changes.
> >
> > Thanks for a detailed and clear explanation of the proposed changes.
> > As far as Numba is concerned, making changes is ok for us provided
> > Numpy provides APIs to do what we want.
> 
> Good to hear, thanks!
> 
> Any interest in designing those new APIs that will do what you want?
> :-)

I'll take a look.

Regards

Antoine.