[SciPy-user] Re: [Numpy-discussion] Future directions for SciPy in light of meeting at Berkeley
pearu at cens.ioc.ee
pearu at cens.ioc.ee
Wed Mar 9 04:50:09 EST 2005
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon wrote:
> Travis Oliphant wrote:
> > Proposal (just an idea to start discussion):
> >
> > Subdivide scipy into several super packages that install cleanly but can
> > also be installed separately. Implement a CPAN-or-yum-like repository
> > and query system for installing scientific packages.
>
> Yes! If SciPy could become a kind of scientific CPAN for python from
> which users can download the packages they need, it would be a real
> improvement. In the end, the meaning of SciPy evolve into "the website
> where you can download scientific packages for python" rather than "a
> python package for scientific computing", and the SciPy developers might
> not feel OK with that.
Personally, I would be OK with that. SciPy as a "download site" does not
exclude it to provide also a "scipy package" as it is now. I am all
in favore of refactoring current scipy modules as much as possible.
Pearu
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