Re: [Numpy-discussion] API policy

2012-06-27 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Ralf Gommers wrote: > I agree with what you're arguing for here (as little impact as possible on > existing users), but your view of especially 1.6.x seems to be skewed by > regressions and changes that were either unintended or thought to be okay > because the af

Re: [Numpy-discussion] API policy

2012-06-26 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Travis Oliphant wrote: > I think we need to update this document: > http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/ApiDeprecation > Sounds fine to me to make the period for removal longer, or even to by default aim to not remove deprecated API's at all in minor release (unl

[Numpy-discussion] API policy

2012-06-26 Thread Travis Oliphant
I think we need to update this document: http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/ApiDeprecation I don't think this characterizes the opinion of all involved in NumPy development (it is certainly not the way I view our commitment to users). Incidentally, in the migration from Trac we should move