[SciPy-dev] scipy.distance

[Robert Kern]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 18:51, Jarrod Millman <millman at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Damian Eads <damian.eads.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I had a chance to peruse the code in the spatial branch, and it looks
>> like there are a considerable number of tests for the kd-tree code. It
>> seems mature enough for it to be incorporated into the 0.7 release as
>> a technology preview. I think we should move that code over into the
>> trunk too, since this will give us more feedback from early adopters
>> and testers so we can better refine. It should also be noted, we are
>> changing the module index in the documentation to indicate those
>> modules/packages that are part of the technology preview.
>
> +1
> I think that it would be better to get the kd-tree code out in this
> release, but clearly mark it as a technology preview.  This will give
> us the opportunity to get more feedback and testing without any major
> restrictions on improving the API.  I know that there was some
> concerns that including new code could slow down the release of 0.7,
> but I don't think that has to be the case.  Since it is a technology
> preview and isn't changing current behavior; as long as it compiles
> and doesn't create a lot of noise for testing, I don't think I will be
> necessary to delay the release for it.
>
> Thoughts?

Sure.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
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