[SciPy-User] ANN: SciPy 1.0 beta release

[Matthew Brett]

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 September 2017 at 10:59, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Binary wheels for Windows, Linux and OS X (for all supported Python
>> versions, 32-bit and 64-bit) can be found at http://wheels.scipy.org. To
>> install directly with pip:
>>
>>     pip install scipy=='1.0.0b1' -f http://wheels.scipy.org --trusted-host
>> wheels.scipy.org
>
>
> I don't want to criticise the hard work that has gone into making this
> available, but I'm disappointed that we're telling people to install
> software over an insecure HTTP connection.

I personally prefer the following recipe:

pip install -f https://3f23b170c54c2533c070-1c8a9b3114517dc5fe17b7c3f8c63a43.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com
scipy=='1.0.0b1'

> Can the wheels not be uploaded to PyPI?

Sounds like a good idea.  I can do that - any objections?

Cheers,

Matthew