On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >>>> There's a good chance that many downloads are from unsuspecting users >> with a 64-bit Python, and they then just get an unhelpful "cannot find >> Python" error from the installer. >> > > could be -- hard to know. > > >> At least until we have binary wheels on PyPi. >>> >>> What's up with that, by the way? >>> >> >> I expect those to appear in 2016, built with MinGW-w64 and OpenBLAS. >> > > nice. Anyway, I do think it's important to have a "official" easy way to > get numpy for pyton.org pythons. > > numpy does/can/should see a lot of use outside the "scientific computing" > community. And people are wary of dependencies. people should be able to > use numpy in their projects, without requiring that their users start all > over with Anaconda or ??? > > The ideal is for "pip install" to "just work" -- sound sike we're getting > there. > > BTW, we've been wary of putting a 32 bit wheel up 'cause of the whole > "what processor features to require" issue, but if we think it's OK to drop > the binary installer altogether, I can't see the harm in putting a 32 bit > SSE2 wheel up. > > Any way to know how many people are running 32 bit Python on Windows these > days?? > I don't claim we are representative of the whole community, but as far as canopy is concerned, it is still a significant platform. That's the only 32 bit platform we still support (both linux and osx 32 bits were < 1 % of our downloads) David > > -CHB > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> Ralf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >> NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org >> https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >> >> > > > -- > > 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 > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > >
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