[Matrix-SIG] how to contribute new code ?

[Ryszard Czerminski]

Well, this approach (each author managing their own
bit) makes perfect sense for larger and 
distinct modules/packages.

In case like this one, i.e. well defined
addition (*) to already existing and well defined
package (in this case LinearAlgebra) keeping it
separetely seems to be somewhat disadvantageous.

Some obvious disadvantages are:
(1) harder to find for somebody looking for it
(2) harder to install

With best regards,

Ryszard

(*)
c  The original version of this code was developed by
c  Charles L. Lawson and Richard J. Hanson at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
c  1973 JUN 15, and published in the book
c  "SOLVING LEAST SQUARES PROBLEMS", Prentice-HalL, 1974.

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On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Paul F. Dubois wrote:

> David correctly summarizes our view: we don't think having us holding these
> packages is a good idea. All other ideas have problems, too. The starship
> seems like one solution in the long run, with each author managing their own
> bit.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Ascher <da@skivs.ski.org>
> To: Ryszard Czerminski <ryszard@moldyn.com>
> Cc: matrix-sig@python.org <matrix-sig@python.org>
> Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [Matrix-SIG] how to contribute new code ?
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Ryszard Czerminski wrote:
> >>
> >> I was looking recently for routine which would solve linear
> >> least square problem A*X = B with constrains X >= 0.
> >>
> >> I have found fortran code for this
> >> and I have written Python interface
> >> to it using lapack_litemodule from NumPy as a template.
> >>
> >> It seems to me that access to this code via python
> >> may be of general interest.
> >
> >Certainly.
> >
> >> What is the usual way of contributing
> >> such a code to Numpy ?
> >
> >There is no 'usual'.  There are two possible ways to distribute such code
> >a) within the LLNL distribution, and b) on the net.  Currently, I think
> >the LLNL folks don't want to take the responsibility to distribute code
> >they don't 'own'.  The maintenance and release process is too cumbersome
> >to allow for that (e.g. if the author of a contributed package decides to
> >update his package every day, there's a problem).  That leaves b), on the
> >net.  There is a project in development to develop a generic architecture
> >for dealing with software archives (the Trove project, led by Eric
> >Raymond).  It is not at a useable stage, however.  In the meantime, if
> >someone wants to publish on the web and doesn't have a website for it,
> >I'll gladly put things up on my starship account (assuming not-to-frequent
> >releases), as I did for two modules from Travis Oliphant
> >(http://starship.skyport.net/~da/Travis/).
> >
> >This doesn't solve some of the other problems, such as how to categorize
> >NumPy-related software.  There are standard schemes for catogization, but
> >I believe they won't work without a skilled 'librarian' who knows enough
> >about all of the various topics to do the categorization right.  Using a
> >completely informal approach, I have started a "Topic Guide", which is
> >available at http://www.python.org/topics/scicomp/.  It is rough at this
> >point, but I intend to have it cleaned up before the Python Conference --
> >feel free to email me comments and suggestions.  Also note that there is
> >the framework for a NumPy FAQ at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/numpy-faq,
> >which I encourage people to add entries to (no password is necessary --
> >leave the password field blank).
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >--david
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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