[Numpy-discussion] Reporting a bug to Apple.

[Matthew Brett]

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 1:52 AM, Sturla Molden <sturla.molden at gmail.com> wrote:
> Frédéric Bastien <nouiz at nouiz.org> wrote:
> OSes
>> Good luck, and if they act on this, I would be happy to know how you did.
>>
>
> If we report a segfault Apple will probably think we are to blame. 99.9 %
> of bug reports come from idiots, and those who screen bug reports are
> basically payed to hit the ignore button. Indeed, good luck on reporting
> it.
>
> I think in the short run we will be better off re-implementing cblas_sgemv
> with cblas_sgemm on Apple OSes. Luckily the error in cblas_sgemv does not
> silently produce garbage data but segfaults the process, so anyone affected
> will see it.

Would you consider doing a PR for that?

I believe I can build a 32 / 64 bit numpy binary against ATLAS, but
it's certainly much less straightforward.

Cheers,

Matthew