[SciPy-Dev] scipy.optimize.anneal - deprecation

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 07:36:55AM -0400, Robert Lucente - Pipeline wrote:
> > One of the reasons leading to the deprecation was the sub-optimality 
> >of the implementation. As the situation was not fixed in several years, 
> >it's better to deprecate it than ship it.
> Is it better to have a sub-optimal implementation and documented as such as
> opposed to no implementation at all?

It tarnishes the reputation of a library and creates a huge support load
on the mailing list/developpers.

G