[SciPy-Dev] New subpackage: scipy.data

[Stefan van der Walt]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:43:50 -0400, Warren Weckesser wrote:
> 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.

We've been doing this in scikit-image for a long time, and now regret
having any binary data in the repository; we are working on a way of
hosting it outside instead.

Can we standardize on downloader tools?  There are examples in
scikit-learn, dipy, and many other packages.  We were thinking of a very
lightweight spec + tools for solving this problem a while ago, but never
got very far:

https://github.com/data-pack/data-pack/pull/1/files

Best regards
Stéfan