Re: [Numpy-discussion] Defining a base linux-64 environment [was: Should I use pip install numpy in linux?]

2016-01-11 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Robert McGibbon wrote: > I started working on a tool for checking linux wheels for "manylinux" > compatibility, and fixing them up if possible, based on the same ideas as > Matthew Brett's delocate for OS X. Current WIP code, if anyone wants to help > / throw penut

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should I use pip install numpy in linux?

2016-01-11 Thread Robert McGibbon
> And in any case we have lots of users who don't use conda and are thus doomed to support both ecosystems regardless, so we might as well make the best of it :-). Yes, this is the key. Conda is a great tool for a lot of users / use cases, but it's not for everyone. Anyways, I think I've made a p

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should I use pip install numpy in linux?

2016-01-11 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Jan 11, 2016 3:54 PM, "Chris Barker" wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:02 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: >>> >>> If we get all that worked out, we still haven't made any progress toward the non-standard libs that aren't python. This is the big "scipy problem" -- fortran, BLAS, hdf, ad infinit

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should I use pip install numpy in linux?

2016-01-11 Thread Chris Barker
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:02 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: > If we get all that worked out, we still haven't made any progress toward >> the non-standard libs that aren't python. This is the big "scipy problem" >> -- fortran, BLAS, hdf, ad infinitum. >> >> I argued for years that we could build bi

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should I use pip install numpy in linux?

2016-01-11 Thread David Cournapeau
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Chris Barker wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > >> > that this would potentially be able to let packages like numpy serve >> their >> > linux >> > users better without risking too much junk being uploaded to PyPI. >> >> That will ne

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should I use pip install numpy in linux?

2016-01-11 Thread Benjamin Root
The other half of the fun is how to deal with weird binary issues with libraries like libgeos_c, libhdf5 and such. You have to get all of the compile options right for your build of those libraries to get your build of GDAL and pyhdf working right. You also have packages like gdal and netcdf4 have

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should I use pip install numpy in linux?

2016-01-11 Thread Chris Barker
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > > that this would potentially be able to let packages like numpy serve > their > > linux > > users better without risking too much junk being uploaded to PyPI. > > That will never fly. But like Matthew says, I think we can probably > get th

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should I use pip install numpy in linux?

2016-01-11 Thread Travis Oliphant
Anaconda "build environment" was setup by Ilan and me.Aaron helped to build packages while he was at Continuum but spent most of his time on the open-source conda project. It is important to understand the difference between Anaconda and conda in this respect. Anaconda is a particular depend

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Defining a base linux-64 environment [was: Should I use pip install numpy in linux?]

2016-01-11 Thread Robert McGibbon
I started working on a tool for checking linux wheels for "manylinux" compatibility, and fixing them up if possible, based on the same ideas as Matthew Brett's delocate for OS X. Current WIP code, if anyone wants to help / throw penuts, is here: https://g