Re: [Numpy-discussion] When to stop supporting Python 2.6?

2015-12-04 Thread Bryan Van de Ven
> On Dec 4, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Charles R Harris > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:40 AM, Julian Taylor > wrote: > dropping 3.2: +-0 as it would remove some extra code in our broken py3 > string handling but not much > dropping 3.3: -1 doesn't gain us anything so far I know > droppi

Re: [Numpy-discussion] When to stop supporting Python 2.6?

2015-12-04 Thread Charles R Harris
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:40 AM, Julian Taylor wrote: > dropping 3.2: +-0 as it would remove some extra code in our broken py3 > string handling but not much > dropping 3.3: -1 doesn't gain us anything so far I know > dropping 2.6: -1, I don't see not enough advantage the only issue I know > of is

Re: [Numpy-discussion] When to stop supporting Python 2.6?

2015-12-04 Thread Aldcroft, Thomas
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 6:13 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:27 AM, David Cournapeau >> wrote: >> > I would be in favour of dropping 3.3, but not 2.6 until it becomes too >> > cumbersome to support. >> > >> >

Re: [Numpy-discussion] When to stop supporting Python 2.6?

2015-12-04 Thread David Cournapeau
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:27 AM, David Cournapeau > wrote: > > I would be in favour of dropping 3.3, but not 2.6 until it becomes too > > cumbersome to support. > > > > As a data point, as of april, 2.6 was more downloaded than all python

Re: [Numpy-discussion] When to stop supporting Python 2.6?

2015-12-04 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:27 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: > I would be in favour of dropping 3.3, but not 2.6 until it becomes too > cumbersome to support. > > As a data point, as of april, 2.6 was more downloaded than all python 3.X > versions together when looking at pypi numbers: > https://carema

Re: [Numpy-discussion] f2py, numpy.distutils and multiple Fortran source files

2015-12-04 Thread Sturla Molden
On 03/12/15 22:07, David Verelst wrote: Can this workflow be incorporated into |setuptools|/|numpy.distutils|? Something along the lines as: Take a look at what SciPy does. https://github.com/scipy/scipy/blob/81c096001974f0b5efe29ec83b54f725cc681540/scipy/fftpack/setup.py Multiple Fortran fi

Re: [Numpy-discussion] future of f2py and Fortran90+

2015-12-04 Thread Sturla Molden
On 03/12/15 22:38, Eric Firing wrote: Right, but for each function that requires writing two wrappers, one in Fortran and a second one in cython. Yes, you need two wrappers for each function, one in Cython and one in Fortran 2003. That is what fwrap is supposed to automate, but it has been a

Re: [Numpy-discussion] When to stop supporting Python 2.6?

2015-12-04 Thread Julian Taylor
dropping 3.2: +-0 as it would remove some extra code in our broken py3 string handling but not much dropping 3.3: -1 doesn't gain us anything so far I know dropping 2.6: -1, I don't see not enough advantage the only issue I know of is an occasional set literal which gets caught by our test-suite im

Re: [Numpy-discussion] When to stop supporting Python 2.6?

2015-12-04 Thread David Cournapeau
I would be in favour of dropping 3.3, but not 2.6 until it becomes too cumbersome to support. As a data point, as of april, 2.6 was more downloaded than all python 3.X versions together when looking at pypi numbers: https://caremad.io/2015/04/a-year-of-pypi-downloads/ David On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 a