On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Ralf Gommers <[email protected]>wrote:
> One of the things that we should start doing for numpy is distribute > releases as wheels. On OS X at least this is quite simple, so I propose to > just experiment with it. I can create some to try out and put them on a > separate folder on SourceForge. If that works they can be put on PyPi. > > +1 For Windows things are less simple, because the wheel format doesn't handle > the multiple builds (no SSE, SSE2, SSE3) that are in the superpack > installers. A problem is that we don't really know how many users still > have old CPUs that don't support SSE3. The impact for those users is high, > numpy will install but crash (see > https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/1697). > Could we have a run-time check, so at least folks would get a nice error message? 2. in the absence of statistics, can we do an experiment by putting one > wheel up on PyPi which contains SSE3 instructions, for python 3.3 I > propose, and seeing for how many (if any) users this goes wrong? > sounds good -- it looks like SSE3 has been around a good while: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE3 8+ years is a pretty long time in computer land! anyone know how long SSE3 has been around? -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected]
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