[Numpy-discussion] What is consensus anyway

[Fernando Perez]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Travis Oliphant <travis at continuum.io> wrote:
> That is an excellent thought.
>
> We could make the odd numbered releases "experimental" and the even-numbered as stable.
>
> That makes some sense.    What do others think?

I think the concern with that is manpower: it effectively requires
maintaining two complete projects alive in parallel.  As far as I
know, a number projects that used to have that model have backed off
(the linux kernel included) to better enable a limited team to focus
on development.  I'm skeptical that numpy has the manpower to sustain
that approach.

Cheers,

f