René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Release 2024-03 follow-up","articleBody":"release date: mid-june\r\n\r\nwanted:\r\n- [x] Jupyterlab-4.2.1+ (seems it will be ~~on time~~ nearly on time)\r\n- [x] a free-threading [experimental] WinPython: \r\n   - goal is keep developers moving forward also on windows,\r\n   - usability hope is 25% slower only single-thread, 3x faster on a 4 cpu\r\n- [x] simplify, clean-up, and debug WinPython internals\r\n- [x] numba-0.60.0\r\n- [x] preparing for \"the great Scientific Python Apocalypse\" (next cycle):\r\n   - very late \u0026 problematic eco-system: numpy-2.0.1 (see https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/26191)\r\n   - very late: pandas-3.0.1 (pyarrow as fast internal machinery)\r\n   - packages that will still be not ready for Numpy-2.0: GDAL, h5py, imageio, Keras, opencv, torch\r\n- DELAYED: \r\n   - python-3.13.0b3 (b2 only),  about 7% faster single-thread, JIT \u0026 free-threding remain experimental\r\n   - full cleanups  to welcome numpy-2\r\n\r\nfocus:\r\n- simplification of build and maintenance:\r\n  - [x] cleanup in the pre-pip aera code, now outdated\r\n  - faster building:  reduce package list, final size + pip progressing in speed https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/12314\r\n  - [x] remove qtconsole icon\r\n  - [x] re-add powershell icon\r\n  - [x] less code to carry-on: drop no more used Qt code (since the drop of Qt ControlPanel), cx_freeze outdated helpers, ...\r\n  - [x] Python needs for a build is down to WinPythondot + flit + packaging (but requires WinPython-3.8+)\r\n- follow  packaging summit, consider hash checking\r\n- free-threading test:\r\n   - scientific builds tests there https://github.com/Quansight-Labs/free-threaded-compatibility\r\n   - known-failure: IDLE \r\n- [x] update examples on import _xxsubinterpreters as _interpreters, and free_threading\r\n- llm: AI agents and the 7b models, whispers made easy coming to town ?\r\n- fighting the fat: polars for example is growing in size by 50% per year (now twice bigger than pandas-2)\r\n\r\nexploration:\r\n- jupyterlite more\r\n- llm and generative AI: whisper.cpp \r\n- replacing torch per jax[cpu] would shrink WinPython by 100Mo (or not increase per 200 More) ?\r\n\r\nDirection: \r\n- speed-debt reduction:\r\n  - latest python [3.13 facts](https://github.com/faster-cpython/benchmarking-public), 3.14 seems the place where jit/free-threads/multi-interpreters will be available in full glory ...\r\n  - easier multi-thread python [3.13 'free-threading' progress](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/108219)\r\n  - faster data analysis: numpy-2, pandas-3, scikit-learn integrating polars\r\n- llvm local small equivalent to ggerganov/whisper.cpp\r\n- ubiquity:\r\n  - in browser (and WebApp): Jupyterlite prototype (https://stonebig.github.io/my_demo_4/lab/index.html),\r\n  - WASI: a local jupyterlite ?\r\n  - in Excel: asks Operational Research packages\r\n  - in Windows Store: a requirement file","author":{"url":"https://github.com/stonebig","@type":"Person","name":"stonebig"},"datePublished":"2024-04-10T13:38:11.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":10},"url":"https://github.com/1309/winpython/issues/1309"}