[SciPy-dev] PRIMME: PReconditioned Iterative MultiMethod Eigensolver

[David Cournapeau]

Robert Kern wrote:
>
> The only reason that wrappers for FFTW and UMFPACK are allowed are because they 
> are optional. We need people to be able to "install scipy" without needing to 
> install *any* GPL or LGPL code even if the only code in our SVN repository is 
> just the BSD-licensed wrappers.
>
> If you want more wrappers for GPL or LGPL software, it's time to start the 
> scikits package. I'd really like to avoid more optional wrappers. It makes 
> writing code that depends on scipy much harder.
>   
I have seen scikits mentioned before already, but I didn't find an 
explanation on what it is (supposed to be ?) in the archive. Is it just 
a separate svn branch to have clean separation between code which 
depends on different bindings ? I am not sure to understand the link 
between scikits and the problem of depending on optional codes ?

cheers,

David