[Numpy-discussion] Switch to using ATLAS for OSX binary wheels

[Ralf Gommers]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We have already asked and obtained that permission, under the condition
>> that we put some attribution to Intel MKL on our website (which we already
>> have at http://scipy.org/scipylib/donations.html). I would not be in
>> favor of distributing only MKL binaries, but distributing those in addition
>> to ATLAS/Accelerate ones would be fine.
>>
>
> I'm curious, why not?
>

Because I think that we should provide a set of binaries that people can
reproduce without needing to buy/obtain licenses. Good for debugging,
rotating release manager duties, etc.


> But in any case, if the numpy project itself is distributing more than one
> binary type, then we still need to decide what goes on PyPy. I'm confused
> about the whole pip optional features thing, but could you put up both and
> have folks access it with, for example:
>
>
pip install numpy[mkl]
>  ?
>

I think that's possible.

Ralf


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