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John Hunter wrote:
> Hey Travis,
> 
> I was just browsing your latest numerix commit and had two questions
> 
> elif which[0] == "numpy":
> from numpy.linalg import *
> try:
> from numpy.linalg.old import *
> except:
> pass
> 
> 
> is this expected to work with numpy <0.9.6 as well as the latest
> release, or just the latest? I'm happy either way, but just want to
> know how to advise the users on which numpy versions are supported.
It should work with older versions, too. This change moved the Numeric
LinearAlgebra-compatibility aliases into numpy.linalg.old . If numpy.linalg.old
doesn't exist because numpy is not current, then the aliases should still be in
numpy.linalg .
> And on the try/except, would it suffice to just catch an ImportError?
> We've been bitten before on these catchall exceptions. 
Yes, I believe so.
-- 
Robert Kern
rob...@gm...
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
 -- Umberto Eco

Hey Travis,
I was just browsing your latest numerix commit and had two questions
elif which[0] == "numpy":
 from numpy.linalg import *
 try:
 from numpy.linalg.old import *
 except:
 pass
is this expected to work with numpy <0.9.6 as well as the latest
release, or just the latest? I'm happy either way, but just want to
know how to advise the users on which numpy versions are supported.
And on the try/except, would it suffice to just catch an ImportError?
We've been bitten before on these catchall exceptions. 
Thanks
JDH

On 3/14/06, Darren Dale <dd...@co...> wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 March 2006 9:28 pm, Darren Dale wrote:
> > Perhaps bugs tend to sneak in because there is little or no warning bef=
ore
> > releases.
>
> Sorry, I didnt mean that to sound so blunt or argumentative. I have been
> spending the last two days recovering a trashed system, the one on which =
I do
> all my MPL development. I havent seen any bug reports related to my recen=
t
> changes, but I had wanted to get the new API (draw_markers) together for =
the
> next release. That can wait.
You're absolutley right. I have just been helping with the last few
releases and it's still a leaning process. I'll hold off until
Thursday or Friday for 0.87.2. In the future we'll give a few days
warning on minor releases.
- Charlie

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 9:56 pm, John Hunter wrote:
> >>>>> "Darren" == Darren Dale <dd...@co...> writes:
>
> Darren> On Tuesday 14 March 2006 9:28 pm, Darren Dale wrote:
> >> Perhaps bugs tend to sneak in because there is little or no
> >> warning before releases.
>
> How much warning is desirable? I think for major point releases more
> is good, but for bug fix releases perhaps it is less important?
In this case, since it was announced that this release would hopefully stand 
for some time, I think it would be good to have a few days warning.

>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Dale <dd...@co...> writes:
 Darren> On Tuesday 14 March 2006 9:28 pm, Darren Dale wrote:
 >> Perhaps bugs tend to sneak in because there is little or no
 >> warning before releases.
How much warning is desirable? I think for major point releases more
is good, but for bug fix releases perhaps it is less important?
 Darren> Sorry, I didnt mean that to sound so blunt or
 Darren> argumentative. I have been spending the last two days
 Darren> recovering a trashed system, the one on which I do all my
 Darren> MPL development. I havent seen any bug reports related to
 Darren> my recent changes, but I had wanted to get the new API
 Darren> (draw_markers) together for the next release. That can
 Darren> wait.
I think this would best go into a major release in any case, but I
glad to hear you are revisiting it.
JDH

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 9:28 pm, Darren Dale wrote:
> Perhaps bugs tend to sneak in because there is little or no warning before
> releases.
Sorry, I didnt mean that to sound so blunt or argumentative. I have been 
spending the last two days recovering a trashed system, the one on which I do 
all my MPL development. I havent seen any bug reports related to my recent 
changes, but I had wanted to get the new API (draw_markers) together for the 
next release. That can wait. 
Darren
> On Tuesday 14 March 2006 8:05 pm, Charlie Moad wrote:
> > Please check in anything you want to make the 0.87.2 release
> > tomorrow. The last two releases have had last minute bugs sneak in so
> > please hold off on major changes and test the small ones before
> > committing. It will hopefully be a stable release to ride for a
> > little while barring anymore numpy bumps.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Charlie
> >
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Perhaps bugs tend to sneak in because there is little or no warning before 
releases.
Darren
On Tuesday 14 March 2006 8:05 pm, Charlie Moad wrote:
> Please check in anything you want to make the 0.87.2 release
> tomorrow. The last two releases have had last minute bugs sneak in so
> please hold off on major changes and test the small ones before
> committing. It will hopefully be a stable release to ride for a
> little while barring anymore numpy bumps.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>
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 Please check in anything you want to make the 0.87.2 release
tomorrow. The last two releases have had last minute bugs sneak in so
please hold off on major changes and test the small ones before
committing. It will hopefully be a stable release to ride for a
little while barring anymore numpy bumps.
Thanks,
 Charlie