[SciPy-Dev] New subpackage: scipy.data

[josef.pktd at gmail.com]

I don't like the name scipy.data and would prefer something more
explicit like scipy.datasets.

My first reaction to the proposal was that we get now a subpackage for
functions to work with data.

Like
ndimage are functions for images
signal are functions for signals
spatial are functions for neighborhood

and
data are functions for data   (e.g. like pandas or similar)

Josef

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 3:48 PM, Eric Larson <larson.eric.d at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like a good plan to me.
>
> If others agree, I propose that we make existing (and new) data available in
> scipy.data for 1.1.0. Maybe a 2-release deprecation warning cycle before
> removing them from `scipy.misc` (possibly for removing everything if we can
> move the other remaining things, too)?
>
> Eric
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 3:43 PM, Warren Weckesser
> <warren.weckesser at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> According to the SciPy roadmap
>> (https://github.com/scipy/scipy/blob/master/doc/ROADMAP.rst.txt#misc),
>> `scipy.misc` will eventually be removed. Currently, the combinatorial
>> functions and the image-related operations are all deprecated.  The only
>> non-deprecated functions in `misc` are `central_diff_weights()`,
>> `derivative()` and the two functions that return image data: `ascent()` and
>> `face()`.
>>
>> As a steps towards the deprecation of `misc`, I propose that we create a
>> new package, `scipy.data`, for holding data sets.  `ascent()` and `face()`
>> would move there, and the new ECG data set proposed in a current pull
>> request (https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/8627) would be put there.
>>
>> An early version of the roadmap suggested moving the images to
>> `scipy.ndimage`, but that is no longer in the text.  I think a separate
>> subpackage for data sets makes sense.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> P.S. If there is already a similar proposal in the mailing list or on
>> github, or any other older mailing list discussions related to this, let me
>> know.
>>
>>
>>
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