[RFC]: move strided packages from `stats/base/*` to `stats/strided/*`

[kgryte]

Description

This RFC proposes moving strided array packages found in @stdlib/stats/base to a @stdlib/strided namespace. For example,

• @stdlib/stats/base/dmeanli => @stdlib/stats/strided/dmeanli
• @stdlib/stats/base/svariancepn => @stdlib/stats/strided/svariancepn

Currently, the stats/base namespace is a mixture of "base" functionality (namely, lower-level scalar dists kernels) and strided array interfaces. This RFC proposes moving the stats namespace to be more consistent with the @stdlib/math/strided and @stdlib/random/strided namespaces, where strided array APIs are found in a dedicated strided subnamespace.

Related Issues

• [RFC]: move @stdlib/math/base/ops/* packages to @stdlib/number/* and @stdlib/complex/* #2261

Questions

No.

Other

The migration path would be as follows:

• copy strided array packages to a stats/strided sub-namespace.
• update all require paths using the stats/base strided packages.
• remove all strided packages from stats/base.

Note, however, that the migration process requires a very specific sequence of steps (i.e., commits). As such, this is not a good first issue.

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[saurabhraghuvanshii]

@kgryte simply remove package from stats/base/* and put all file in stats/strided and updates includes file.