Lots of non-math in math-scala, Reader/Writer traits, options, option parsing, 
driver base classes, IndexedDataset (mini-Dataframes), and there will always be 
more because there is no other engine-neutral module. So far the rules as I 
understand them are; if it’s engine neutral put it in math-scala. The rule 
doesn’t match the name and since this will be the first release to go to the 
Maven repos as an artifact it seems like a good time to name it for what it is. 
Either this or we create a new module for non-math?

Vote:
math-scala
scala-core
scala-base
other?


On Mar 23, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <[email protected]> wrote:

I like math-*. And it is math only there. Or was last time i checked. it will 
be what R calls "R-base", and I would welcome no other scope there. all 
environment things are math. all ML things are math. quasi-newton, bayesian 
optimizers, linear search are all math. Stats are math. als, (d)ssvd, d(spca), 
(d)als are all math. 

non-math are perhaps an app server like R shiny, if we ever get there, that 
definitely deserves a module. But other than that, what else we are talking 
here?

renaming artifacts is confusing to hands-on people (me including). it is the 
reason why i lost my way in modern hadoop dependencies.

i am good with all the "oneric ocelot" and the rest of fancy animal kingdom 
names

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Pat Ferrel <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The primary artifacts needed/created for the new scala stuff are math, 
math-scala, spark, spark-shell, h2o

Might it be better to rename math-scala to core-scala (or just core) since it 
does now and will increasingly include non-math. This is where engine neutral 
stuff goes and so is a core dependency.

Also thinking about a name for the Mahout Scala DSL, Shell, optimized liner 
algebra, bayesian ops, stats, yada yada - environment. How about (sticking with 
the sanskrit theme) "him tendua" or maybe just “tendua", which is sanskrit for 
mountain leopard or panther. A nice word easily found in searches that evokes 
good connotations. Besides the kits are seriously cute.




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