On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> >> Can we defer the Scipy build until after the Numpy build? > >> > > >> > > >> > That doesn't sound like a good idea to me. > >> > >> I must say I'm a little confused as to how we're going to make the > >> decisions here. > > > > > > How about: attempt to reach consensus? David's concern on DLLs hasn't > been > > addressed yet, nor has mine on packages being unavailable. I was actually > > still answering another of your emails, but I can't seem to reply fast > > enough. > > Right - consensus is good - but at the moment I keep getting lost > because the arguments seem to shift and get lost, and sometimes they > are not made. > > So, here is the summary as I understand it, please correct if I am wrong > > I think we agree that: > > 1) Having a binary installer for numpy Windows 64 bit is desirable > 2) It is desirable to have a matching binary installer for Scipy as > soon as possible > 3) It is preferable to build with free tools > 4) It is acceptable to use non-free tools > 5) The build will need to do some run-time linking to MKL and / or mingw > 6) It is preferable that the build should be fully automated > 7) It is preferable that one person can build all numpy / scipy builds > > The points of potential disagreement are: > > a) If we cannot build Scipy now, it may or may not be acceptable to > release numpy now. I think it is, you (Ralf) think it isn't, we > haven't discussed that. It may not come up. > b) It may or may not be acceptable for someone other than Ondrej to be > responsible for the Windows 64-bit builds. I think it should be, if > necessary, we haven't really discussed that, it may not come up. > c) It may or may not be acceptable for the build to be only partially > automated. Ditto. > d) It may or may not be acceptable to add the DLL directory to the > PATH on numpy import. David says not, Christophe disagrees, we > haven't really discussed that. > > Is that right? > Good summary, looks complete to me. Ralf
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