В сообщении от Суббота 17 мая 2008 Greg Ewing написал(a): > Kirill Smelkov wrote: > > > http://hg.cython.org/pyrex/ > > > > So, I think everyone would be grateful to you if you'll keep it up-to-date. > > I've just added an hg push command to my upload script, > so it should happen fairly automatically now. > > > Yes, you'll loose precise control on what Pyrex is, but given there is a > > shell of > > motivated people around, I think Pyrex and you will gain much more in > > return ... > > > > That's how I think ... > > Please let me know *your* thoughts. > > What worries me is that if multiple people are hacking on the > Pyrex source at once, I'm going to lose track of how it works, > and then I won't be able to contribute to it myself any more. > > Python has many people working on it, but it's a lot simpler > in structure. It's fairly easy to work on things like adding > a new object or library module without fear of disturbing > anything else. > > The various parts of Pyrex are much more closely coupled than > that. I have to think long and hard before changing anything, > and I'm the one who wrote it. > > Also, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the pace of change going on > in the Cython project. It seems to be heading off in > directions rather different from Pyrex, such as turning > into a Python compiler, and/or a NumPy compiler, and folks > are rushing into making changes for py3k, when I've hardly > begun to think about what I want to do about that. > > If all that were happening to Pyrex itself, I wouldn't be > able to keep up. So it would either race ahead of me, or > I would be holding it back. > > So I think it's probably a good thing having Cython as a > separate project where people are free to try out all their > wild ideas. Then when the dust has settled I can take the > best ideas and fold them back into Pyrex. > > Think of it as the "Pyrex-Unstable" branch if you like. :-)
Greg, thanks for your reply. Yes, I'll think of Cython as Pyrex-Unstable (or Pyrex-Experimental :) from now on. Thanks again, Kirill. _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
