[Numpy-discussion] What to do about numarray extension modules?

[Christopher Barker]

Robert Kern wrote:
> I'm definitely -1 on putting them in numpy. numpy is large enough as it is. I'm 
> -0 on making a standalone package. The time would be better spent on making sure 
> that scipy subpackages can be downloaded, built and installed individually.

+1

The whole SciPy installation thing is HUGE! I now I still don't use any 
of SciPy because I can't get it all built. Is it yet possible to build 
SciPy on Fedora core 4 without lots of painful machinations?

When numpy was called SciPy.core, there was a lot of talk about how 
SciPy needed to be broken up into individual packages, particularly the 
Fortran and non-Fortran ones separated. It was a good idea then, and it 
still is.

-Chris



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