From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FuteQ-00002u-9R for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:09:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5QG7cC1010515; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:07:38 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5QG7aJq028392 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:07:36 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.115] (c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.171.150.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E16264C96 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:07:36 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <44A0054E.8020206@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:03:26 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060609) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-science@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-science@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-science@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-science] Scientific Gentoo reorg: the proposal References: <200606252046.03386.george@gentoo.org> <52813.212.201.44.249.1151279883.squirrel@webmail.biogeo.uw.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <52813.212.201.44.249.1151279883.squirrel@webmail.biogeo.uw.edu.pl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig2780C5D501012F7570CF9F78" X-Archives-Salt: 4934a056-3640-43be-aa59-c668cbf96114 X-Archives-Hash: cfedafe67b5a067e2a705693a4e536a5 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig2780C5D501012F7570CF9F78 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable jak@biogeo.uw.edu.pl wrote: > First, there are three basic array packages: dev-python/numeric > dev-python/numarray dev-python/numpy. They should be, at least optional= ly, > built using lapack. This was discussed in the beginning of 2005, see > #81520. I have just discovered that there is some update in the overlay= =2E >=20 > Second, it was proposed (see #124276) to replace numeric and numarray w= ith > numpy, which I consider premature, as there are interesting modules and= > applications that do not use numpy yet. It would be advantageous, howev= er, > to be able to choose array type where available. For example: f2py now= > depends only on numeric, but when numpy is installed it uses it rather > than numeric. Eventually I had to remove numpy and install f2py manuall= y. > As I remember, also pytables can use either numeric or numarray but > presently depends only on the latter. I imagine patches would be welcome. > Should Scientific Python, now in python herd, be in sci? I have just > submitted MMTK library, which was written by the same person, see #1379= 89. > This two packages probably should be maintained together. What about a > nice, pure python, chemistry drawing program bkchem =96 see #95178. I've just added the sci herd as a second herd in the metadata. Thanks, Donnie --------------enig2780C5D501012F7570CF9F78 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEoAVQXVaO67S1rtsRAijPAJ4l+m7M5xgE1QnndNJKZ00+yEoU7QCfdJbR MGrPgZwdsL2q9OD975dFw0U= =44Lr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig2780C5D501012F7570CF9F78-- -- gentoo-science@gentoo.org mailing list