[yt-users] Upgrading the stable version of yt to new module names

[Carolyn]

Kudos to the YT development team.   I'm loving the intuitive names  
and module api system of YT-2.0.  Keep up the great work!

-Carolyn

On Nov 15, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Matthew Turk wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm writing about upgrading the "stable" version of yt to the a new
> naming scheme.  Before I say anything else, let me start out and say
> that because of the potentially disruptive nature of this change, you
> should feel free to either refrain from upgrading your yt installation
> or emailing me directly (off-list) to get assistance with the upgrade
> process.
>
> We're planning on moving the "stable" version of the code to be the
> 2.0 API in the next few weeks, where we have removed the names lagos,
> raven, etc, in favor of more informative names like visualization,
> data_objects, and so on.  This change was described by Jeff in an
> email to the list a few months ago, which has been summarized here:
> http://yt.enzotools.org/wiki/yt-2.0 .  I would like to encourage you
> to upgrade now, rather than later, so that we can try to work out any
> potential issues in advance of the upgrade of the title "stable."
> Documentation is almost completely update and will be done before the
> "stable" branch reflects the new API.
>
> I've updated the homepage to now encourage new users to use the
> development version, which features the new module names, etc.  If you
> would like to continue using the version you are on, you should be
> able to continue to do so by not upgrading.
>
> If you would like to upgrade, a new installation may be the easiest
> way, or otherwise you should be able to get the directory name of the
> current yt installation from "yt instinfo" and execute: "hg pull ; hg
> up -C yt ; hg purge ; python2.6 setup.py develop" in that directory.
>
> I'm working on updating the documentation to reflect this, but the
> upshot of all of the API changes is that *everything* that is needed
> to do all the standard analysis tasks is still available just with the
> command:
>
> from yt.mods import *
>
> If you are executing anything that requires directly calling "lagos"
> or "raven", please contact me directly (off-list) and I will assist
> you with the upgrade of your scripts.  If you think it's a relatively
> broad concern about module naming and so on, feel free to email the
> list.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Matt
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