py-ipython

[Konrad Hinsen]

On 13 Sep, 2011, at 21:21 , Thomas Robitaille wrote:

> The py-ipython port includes a default variant called scientific that
> install ScientificPython, which is neither part or even recommended by
> the ipython project. Should this variant really be a default? (or
> should it even be a variant at all?).
> 
> I would understand the py-scientific port offering an ipython variant,
> but not the opposite.

Neither one is reasonable in my opinion. The best fit to the logic of MacPorts would be a separate port "ipython-scientific" that depends on both IPython and ScientificPython. That would be a pretty trivial port consisting of nothing but an IPython configuration file.

Konrad (author of ScientificPython)