[Numpy-discussion] Proposal - change to OpenBLAS for Windows wheels

Nathaniel Smith njs at pobox.com
Mon Sep 25 13:48:36 EDT 2017


Makes sense to me.

On Sep 25, 2017 05:54, "Matthew Brett" <matthew.brett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I suggest we switch from ATLAS to OpenBLAS for our Windows wheels:
>
> * OpenBLAS is much faster, at least when Tony Kelman tested it last year
> [1];
> * We now have an automated Appveyor build for OpenBLAS [2, 3];
> * Tests are passing with 32-bit and 64-bit wheels [4];
> * The next Scipy release will have OpenBLAS wheels;
>
> Any objections / questions / alternatives?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthew
>
> [1] https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/5479#issuecomment-185033668
> [2] https://github.com/matthew-brett/build-openblas
> [3] https://ci.appveyor.com/project/matthew-brett/build-openblas
> [4] https://ci.appveyor.com/project/matthew-brett/numpy-
> wheels/build/1.0.50
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