Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-08 Thread leandro . pezzente
On Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Sébastien Brisard wrote: > >Hi, >> >> Dear all, >> you might have seen the creation of a new ticket (MATH-765). >This is >> going to be the place where our discussions regarding the present >> issue will be summarized. For the time being, this page is

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-08 Thread leandro . pezzente
>Dear all, >you might have seen the creation of a new ticket (MATH-765). This >is >going to be the place where our discussions regarding the present >issue will be summarized. For the time being, this page is largely >work in progress, so I would encourage people to ***REFRAIN FROM >COMMENTING***

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-07 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi, > > Dear all, > you might have seen the creation of a new ticket (MATH-765). This is > going to be the place where our discussions regarding the present > issue will be summarized. For the time being, this page is largely > work in progress, so I would encourage people to ***REFRAIN FROM > COMM

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-07 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Dear all, you might have seen the creation of a new ticket (MATH-765). This is going to be the place where our discussions regarding the present issue will be summarized. For the time being, this page is largely work in progress, so I would encourage people to ***REFRAIN FROM COMMENTING*** on the t

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-07 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi Gilles, 2012/3/7 Gilles Sadowski : > Hi Sébastien. > > Since you don't like Wiki ;-) and given the unsuitability of the web site > for publishing "updating" comments, I think that the most flexible platform > is JIRA; you can use its relationship between issues feature to create a > good sense

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-07 Thread leandro . pezzente
On Wednesday, March 07, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > >Hi. > >> >Unless the code is re-released there's generally little need to >> >update the site. >> > >> >> Do you think I can create such a page on the website? >> > >> >-1, that's not a suitable use for the web-site, which is

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > >Unless the code is re-released there's generally little need to > >update the site. > > > >> Do you think I can create such a page on the website? > > > >-1, that's not a suitable use for the web-site, which is primarily > >for > >end-users, not developers. > > > >Also, it's not trivial r

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-07 Thread leandro . pezzente
>Unless the code is re-released there's generally little need to >update the site. > >> Do you think I can create such a page on the website? > >-1, that's not a suitable use for the web-site, which is primarily >for >end-users, not developers. > >Also, it's not trivial releasing the Math website

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi Sébastien. Since you don't like Wiki ;-) and given the unsuitability of the web site for publishing "updating" comments, I think that the most flexible platform is JIRA; you can use its relationship between issues feature to create a good sense of priority. Also, you can edit and expand the "de

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-07 Thread sebb
2012/3/7 Sébastien Brisard : > Hi, > >>> If you like the Wiki system and you want to lead the work, then use your >>> favorite tool. >>> > > I've tried to play around with the Wiki system, and it certainly is > *not* my favorite tool... So another idea would be to keep the report > on the refactori

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-06 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi, >> If you like the Wiki system and you want to lead the work, then use your >> favorite tool. >> I've tried to play around with the Wiki system, and it certainly is *not* my favorite tool... So another idea would be to keep the report on the refactoring as a page in the website of Commons-Mat

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-05 Thread Sébastien Brisard
All right, then, > > +1 > > If you like the Wiki system and you want to lead the work, then use your > favorite tool. > I will skim through the list of posts and tickets I've tried to build up, and do my best to come up with a first wiki page. Meanwhile, if any of you would like to make an additio

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi Sébastien. > [...] > > Refactoring of this package is an important issue, which has been > raised several times in the past, and it gets more and more > complicated to dig out old threads, with information not really well > organized (some of us are "green" committers, who do not have the full

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-05 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi Leandro, great to hear from you again! > > +1 To Your Idea Sebastien. > This is not *my* idea, it has been around for some time now (long before I joined the project). The aim of this thread is merely to try and find the best way to proceed and capitalize on previous discussions. I would love t

Re: [math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-05 Thread leandro . pezzente
On Monday, March 05, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Sébastien Brisard wrote:Hi, now that CM3 is on its way thanks to Gilles' dedication in the last weeks, I would like to exhume this long-standing topic. In a few words, my understanding is that the interfaces for matrices and vectors are cluttered with many

[math] Refactoring of the vector and matrix classes

2012-03-04 Thread Sébastien Brisard
Hi, now that CM3 is on its way thanks to Gilles' dedication in the last weeks, I would like to exhume this long-standing topic. In a few words, my understanding is that the interfaces for matrices and vectors are cluttered with many methods which could be externalized, applying the "Visitor" patter