[SciPy-dev] Proposal: scipy.sandbox

[Fernando Perez]

Robert Kern wrote:
> I would like to propose adding a sandbox subpackage to scipy. Underneath
>  scipy.sandbox would be other subsubpackages that are undergoing active
> development and whose APIs will possibly be changing rapidly or be
> broken at times. For actual scipy releases, the build of the sandbox
> would be turned off although the full source code should probably be
> included in the source distribution. The setup.py scripts should be
> written (hopefully) modular enough such that enabling individual
> subsubpackages is a matter of uncommenting a few lines.

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> So, what do you think?

+1

Note that xxx could probably use a bit of updating to reflect the current 
state of scipy.  But even as it is, it's a useful starter for new package 
authors, and sandbox is probably the right place for it.

Cheers,

f