[Numpy-discussion] draft NEP for breaking ufunc ABI in a controlled way

[Antoine Pitrou]

Hi Nathaniel,

On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 21:13:30 -0700
Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
> Given this, I propose that for 1.11 we:
> 1) go ahead and hide/disable the problematic parts of the ABI/API,
> 2) coordinate with the known affected projects to minimize disruption
> to their users (which is made easier since they are all projects that
> are almost exclusively distributed via conda, which enforces strict
> NumPy ABI versioning),
> 3) publicize these changes widely so as to give any private code that
> might be affected a chance to speak up or adapt, and
> 4) leave the "ABI version tag" as it is, so as not to force rebuilds
> of the vast majority of projects that will be unaffected by these
> changes.

Thanks for a detailed and clear explanation of the proposed changes.
As far as Numba is concerned, making changes is ok for us provided
Numpy provides APIs to do what we want.

Regards

Antoine.