On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Kurt Smith wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Kurt Smith<[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Dag Sverre >> Seljebotn<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Kurt Smith wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> As my GSoC winds up, we need to decide whether we'll package the >>>> fortran parser, 'fparser' (located as a subpackage of the G3 F2PY >>>> project http://code.google.com/p/f2py/) with Cython, or if it will >>>> remain an external dependency. >>>> >>>> Dag Sverre and I had a short email thread with Pearu Peterson about >>>> this, and inclusion was left as a possibility. I want to check >>>> here >>>> and see if inclusion would be rejected straight away, before >>>> pursuing >>>> the matter further with Pearu. >>>> >>>> First, I believe there to be no licensing issues, although I'm not >>>> 100% certain here -- Cython is under the Apache license, right? >>>> And >>>> G3 F2PY is under the Numpy-license. If these are incompatible then >>>> that takes care of the issue. >>>> >>>> Otherwise -- >>>> >>>> In favor of including fparser: >>>> >>>> * Ease of use, one fewer barrier to entry. >>>> * Dag and I both have commit access to fparser; we (principally >>>> me) >>>> can fix bugs in the Cython branch of fparser. >>>> * fparser is a self-contained package, but its ultimate design >>>> is a >>>> part of another package (G3 F2PY) that is developing. Since users >>>> would have to deal with the G3 F2PY level for download, etc, and G3 >>>> F2PY is unfinished but for fparser, this would be confusing. It >>>> would >>>> be great to hide these details completely. >>>> >>>> Against including fparser: >>>> >>>> * Maintenance & support -- responsibility for upkeep falls more on >>>> Cython's shoulders (via yours truly). >>>> * Bloat. It includes a large package in Cython not central to >>>> Cython's core philosophy. >>> >>> Question: How large? Say, in bytes (and compressed bytes, if you >>> bother >>> to check). >>> >>> (I suppose it would be "hidden away" in the Tools folder, so >>> download >>> size seems to be the major concern.) >> >> About 600K for the .py source files, so we're not breaking the >> bank here. > > ~150K compressed.
That seems acceptable to me. Given that you've volunteered to maintain it, and numerics certainly is an important audience of Cython, it seems to make sense to bundle it. Any other opinions? - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
