[Numpy-discussion] NumPy 1.0.3 release tomorrow, SciPy 0.5.3 next week

[Travis Oliphant]

I'd like to tag the tree and make a NumPy 1.0.4 release tomorrow.  Is 
there anything that needs to be done before that can happen?

I'd also like to get another release of SciPy out the door as soon as 
possible.   At the end of this week or early next week.

I've added a bunch of 1-d classic spline interpolation algorithms (not 
the fast B-spline versions but the basic flexible algorithms of order 2, 
3, 4, and 5 which have different boundary conditions).  There are 
several ways to get at them in scipy.interpolate.   I've also added my 
own "smoothest" algorithm which specifies the extra degrees of freedom 
available in spline formulations by making the resulting Kth-order 
spline have the smallest Kth-order derivative discontinuity.    I've 
never seen this described by anyone but I'm sure somebody must have done 
discussed it before.  If anybody knows something about splines who 
recalls seeing something like this, I would appreciate a reference.   
This specification actually allows very decent looking quadratic 
(2nd-order) splines.


Best regards,

-Travis