Re: [Numpy-discussion] API policy

2012-06-27 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Ralf Gommers ralf.gomm...@googlemail.com wrote: I agree with what you're arguing for here (as little impact as possible on existing users), but your view of especially 1.6.x seems to be skewed by regressions and changes that were either unintended or thought to

[Numpy-discussion] API policy

2012-06-26 Thread Travis Oliphant
I think we need to update this document: http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/ApiDeprecation I don't think this characterizes the opinion of all involved in NumPy development (it is certainly not the way I view our commitment to users). Incidentally, in the migration from Trac we should

Re: [Numpy-discussion] API policy

2012-06-26 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.iowrote: I think we need to update this document: http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/ApiDeprecation Sounds fine to me to make the period for removal longer, or even to by default aim to not remove deprecated API's at all in