[SciPy-dev] NumPy 1.2.0 and SciPy 0.7.0 schedule

Nils Wagner nwagner at iam.uni-stuttgart.de
Fri Jul 25 12:22:13 EDT 2008


On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:10:12 -0700
  "Fernando Perez" <fperez.net at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:28 AM, David Cournapeau
> <david at ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp> wrote:
> 
>> Generally, I am a bit worried by the amount of new code 
>>in scipy: there
>> was a bit too much new functionality since 0.6 IMHO. 
>>What about
>> releaseing a 0.7 at the same time as numpy 1.2, and then 
>>focusing more
>> on bug fixing/API consolidation in 0.8 ?
> 
> +1
> 
> I think overly long release cycles are worse in the long 
>run than a
> release with a few rough edges.  We could even sprinkle 
>suitable
> warning("tech preview package") here and there as orange 
>cones in
> front of the largest potholes.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> f
  
IMHO it would be nice if all tests pass.
Moreover it would be nice if ticket 709
http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/scipy/ticket/709
will be closed before.

Nils



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