EasyUtils module

[rozyczko]

There might be a use for a separate utility module with methods/functions used by other modules.
These methods would have no use being in corelib, not being directly relevant to fitting.

E.g.

• scicat integration
• file download
• file parsers like JSON serializer
• etc

[rozyczko]

The discussion involves areas of responsibility for corelib and easyutils in terms of functonality.
corelib should only contain classes and methods used in/for fitting and overall base class definitions.

Utilities should contain other functions/methods which can be shared across modules, INCLUDING corelib.

Another question is whether to deploy the utilities module on pypi.

[rozyczko]

EasyUtils is already taken on pypi. We need a different name.
Proposed solution included specifying org name before the module name, similar to diffpy (diffpy.pdffit2, diffpy.pdfutil)
Another solution would be to change the name to e.g. EasyUtlities which is available.

[AndrewSazonov]

Repository has been created: https://github.com/easyscience/utils
The PyPI name has also been reserved: https://pypi.org/project/easyutilities