[SciPy-user] Numerical Achievements in Scipy

[Matt]

Fragments of code make sense in a Wiki, but not really entire modules
above some x number of lines. I think if the idea is for people to
upload packages or modules as attachments then I would suggest
creating a subversion collective with write access to contributers and
public read access and using that as the referenced repository.

cheers
Matt


On 5/2/07, Lorenzo Isella <lorenzo.isella at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I tend to agree with the opinion expressed below (sharing the code is
> something, being required to package it up is quite a different
> matter).
> Bottom line (sorry if I am not getting this straight right now and I
> do not want to start a flamewar, but I think only a repository / wiki
> should emerge from this discussion): are we thinking about
> http://scipy.org/FredericPetit only for electromagnetism and
> http://www.scipy.org/Topical_Software for everything else? My point is
> that it would be so much better not to have important/useful codes
> spread around the whole net.
> Cheers
>
> Lorenzo
>
>
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:19:56 +0200
> From: Gael Varoquaux <gael.varoquaux at normalesup.org>
> Subject: Re: [SciPy-user] Numerical Achievements in SciPy
> To: SciPy Users List <scipy-user at scipy.org>
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> On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 03:45:17PM -0500, Robert Kern wrote:
> > We essentially have the CRAN model using the Python Package Index.
>
> > 1. Write your code.
> > 2. Package it using distutils.
> > 3. Submit the package to the PyPI http://www.python.org/pypi/. It will host your
> > tarballs and eggs and wininst installers, so you don't have to scrounge for
> > hosting.
> > 4. Write up a web page about it if the description text that PyPI allows isn't
> > enough for your code. Feel free to use the www.scipy.org wiki if you like.
> > 5. Announce your package here and other places of interest.
>
> Well this is quite a complicated proceedure if you just want to share a
> little bit of code. Most people don't want to learn about distutils. I
> think I would also be useful to have something where it is dead easy to
> contribute code. The wiki is indeed a good starting point, but I don't
> think it will scale up terribly well.
>
> Ga?l
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