Re: [Numpy-discussion] performance matrix multiplication vs. matlab

2010-01-16 Thread David Cournapeau
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Benoit Jacob wrote: > Couldn't you simply: >  - either add LGPL-licensed code to a third_party subdirectory not > subject to the NumPy license, and just use it? This is common > practice, see e.g. how Qt puts a copy of WebKit in a third_party > subdirectory. >  -

Re: [Numpy-discussion] performance matrix multiplication vs. matlab

2010-01-16 Thread Benoit Jacob
>> Hi, >> >> I while back, someone talked about aigen2(http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/). In >> their benchmark they give info that they are competitive again mkl and goto >> on matrix matrix product. They are not better, but that could make a good >> default implementation for numpy when their is no bl

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread David Cournapeau
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 8:36 AM, wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn > wrote: >> Kurt Smith wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn >>> wrote: >>> >>> Not that I really know anything about it, but note that one of the purposes of Dav

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread David Cournapeau
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Kurt Smith wrote: > My questions here concern those familiar with configure/build/install > systems such as distutils, setuptools, scons/numscons or waf > (particularly David Cournapeau). > > I'm creating a tool known as 'fwrap' that has a component that needs > to

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread josef . pktd
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote: > Kurt Smith wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn >> wrote: >> >> >>> Not that I really know anything about it, but note that one of the >>> purposes of David's toydist is to handle the install stage independe

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread Neal Becker
Matthieu Brucher wrote: > Hi, > > SCons can also do configuration and installation steps. David made it > possible to use SCons capabilities from distutils, but you can still > make a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project with SCons. > Also, while I think waf looks interesting, I've seen almost 0 pro

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread Dag Sverre Seljebotn
Kurt Smith wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn > wrote: > > >> Not that I really know anything about it, but note that one of the >> purposes of David's toydist is to handle the install stage independently >> of the build system used. That is, it is able to create e.g

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread Kurt Smith
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote: > Not that I really know anything about it, but note that one of the > purposes of David's toydist is to handle the install stage independently > of the build system used. That is, it is able to create e.g. Python eggs > without using s

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread Dag Sverre Seljebotn
Kurt Smith wrote: > My questions here concern those familiar with configure/build/install > systems such as distutils, setuptools, scons/numscons or waf > (particularly David Cournapeau). > > I'm creating a tool known as 'fwrap' that has a component that needs > to do essentially what f2py does now

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread Matthieu Brucher
Hi, SCons can also do configuration and installation steps. David made it possible to use SCons capabilities from distutils, but you can still make a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project with SCons. Matthieu 2010/1/16 Kurt Smith : > My questions here concern those familiar with configure/build/instal

[Numpy-discussion] Waf or scons/numscons for a C/Fortran/Cython/Python project -- what's your recommendation?

2010-01-16 Thread Kurt Smith
My questions here concern those familiar with configure/build/install systems such as distutils, setuptools, scons/numscons or waf (particularly David Cournapeau). I'm creating a tool known as 'fwrap' that has a component that needs to do essentially what f2py does now -- take fortran source code

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread Patrick Marsh
I think all of this makes perfect sense, and I'm willing to commit to at least the next 2 years. I'm glad to hear there will be some help initially, as I know I will need some spinup time/help. I'm currently out of town and away from my macbook pro, but when I get back I'll try to set up a build

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread Charles R Harris
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Ralf Gommers wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:17 PM, David Cournapeau wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Ralf Gommers >> > You get Sphinx >> > 0.6.4 when you need 1.0 (I think), and doc generation fails because MPL >> can >> > not be found. >> >> Y

[Numpy-discussion] Python coders for Haiti disaster relief

2010-01-16 Thread Peter Clarke
Apologies for off topic posting but I think this in an important project. Python programmers are required immediately for assistance in coding a disaster management framework for the Earthquake in Haiti. >From http://wiki.python.org/moin/VolunteerOpportunities: - URGENT REQUEST, S

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:17 PM, David Cournapeau wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Ralf Gommers > > You get Sphinx > > 0.6.4 when you need 1.0 (I think), and doc generation fails because MPL > can > > not be found. > > You need matplotlib to build numpy doc I think - at least it used to

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread David Cournapeau
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Ralf Gommers wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:19 PM, David Cournapeau > wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Ralf Gommers >> > From working on >> > the docs and scikits.image I am familiar with most of NumPy/SciPy, but >> > not >> > with the C inter

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Jarrod Millman wrote: > First I want to give David Cournapeau a big thank you for all his hard > work as release manager for the last few years. It is a lot of work > and he has done a great job managing the releases (not to mention all > the work he has done as o

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:19 PM, David Cournapeau wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Ralf Gommers > > From working on > > the docs and scikits.image I am familiar with most of NumPy/SciPy, but > not > > with the C internals. > > That's not a problem - I was not either when I started doing i

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread Jarrod Millman
First I want to give David Cournapeau a big thank you for all his hard work as release manager for the last few years. It is a lot of work and he has done a great job managing the releases (not to mention all the work he has done as one of the primary developers). I also want to thank Patrick Mar

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread Dag Sverre Seljebotn
David Cournapeau wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn > wrote: >> Charles R Harris wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:56 AM, David Cournapeau >> > wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Ralf Gommers >>> mailto:ralf.gomm..

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread David Cournapeau
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Ralf Gommers wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:56 PM, David Cournapeau > wrote: >> >> > How many combinations do you test manually? All supported Python >> > versions on >> > all platforms? Several Linux flavors? >> >> >> I basically assume that linux works

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Wanted: new release manager for 1.5 and above

2010-01-16 Thread David Cournapeau
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote: > Charles R Harris wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:56 AM, David Cournapeau > > wrote: >> >>     On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Ralf Gommers >>     mailto:ralf.gomm...@googlemail.com>> >>     wrote: