Re: ITP: iminuit -- Robust Python minimisation library based around MINUIT2

2020-08-08 Thread Jeremy Sanders
On 08/08/2020 10:59, Drew Parsons wrote: One question: those benchmarks indicate that scipy CG or Powell generally performs better.  What is the use-case for minuit? Why not just use scipy? In my experience, minimizers do not always run well on all types of problems. I've had quite a few

Re: ITP: iminuit -- Robust Python minimisation library based around MINUIT2

2020-08-08 Thread Drew Parsons
On 2020-08-08 13:53, Jeremy Sanders wrote: Sorry. I forgot to CC the science list while filing the ITP. You can follow progress on this Bug here: 968075: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=968075. Package: wnpp * Package name: iminuit * URL :

Re: ITP: iminuit -- Robust Python minimisation library based around MINUIT2

2020-08-08 Thread Drew Parsons
On 2020-08-08 17:10, Jeremy Sanders wrote: On 08/08/2020 10:59, Drew Parsons wrote: One question: those benchmarks indicate that scipy CG or Powell generally performs better.  What is the use-case for minuit? Why not just use scipy? In my experience, minimizers do not always run well on all

RFS: iminuit 1.4.9

2020-08-08 Thread Jeremy Sanders
Dear all I was playing around with a possible iminuit package before the ITP (#968075). Is anyone interested in sponsoring this and uploading within the team? I put it in git on salsa. This is my 2nd package, so sorry for silly mistakes. * Package name: iminuit Version :