[SciPy-Dev] Deprecation of `stats.betai` and `stats.chisqprob`

[Abraham Escalante]

Update: since there were no objections regarding the deprecation of
`stats.betai` and `stats.chisqprob`, we have moved forward with it.

The functions will go through a normal deprecation cycle, so we expect them
to be removed somewhere around version 0.19

For further details please refer to:

   - gh-2741 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/2741>
   - gh-641 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/641>
   - gh-642 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/642>
   - gh-5017 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/5017> (PR)


Cheers,
Abraham.

2015-07-04 0:46 GMT-05:00 Abraham Escalante <aeklant at gmail.com>:

> Hello all,
>
> In continuing with the statistics module cleanup `stats.betai` and
> `stats.chisqprob` were identified as candidates for deprecation. These
> functions are basically just aliases, delegating to `special.betainc` and
> `special.chdtrc` respectively.
>
> In accordance to gh-2741, the preferred way to use these distributions is
> via the corresponding `stats.distribution` function or by calling the
> `scipy.special` function directly.
>
> If there are any objections to deprecating these functions, please voice
> them here so we can ponder and make a decision.
>
> For more details refer to the following issues:
>
>    - gh-2741 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/2741>
>    - gh-641 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/641>
>    - gh-642 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/642>
>
> For details on the PR refer to:
>
>    - gh-5017 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/5017>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Abraham.
>
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