astropy/astropy — pull request #2441 by embray (2014-05-05 20:34:28+00:00)
Title: Separate optimization from statistic redux

This is a rebased version of #1914. I decided to go ahead and make a new PR so that it can easily be run through Travis and the like. Otherwise no major differences. Once the CI gives us a green checkmark this should be merged instead of #1914.