Re: [Numpy-discussion] Sustainability

2017-10-05 Thread Pauli Virtanen
to, 2017-10-05 kello 00:08 +0200, Ilhan Polat kirjoitti: [clip] > 2. Feature completeness of basic modules. I think those judgments can be subjective, but it is true many things have been organically grown, and this becomes even more so as the number of contributors grows (fielding other people's

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Sustainability

2017-10-04 Thread Ilhan Polat
I have two points that I know, from first hand, people (including myself) wonder: 1. Clear distinction between NumPy/SciPy development and respective roadmaps. In addition to Johann's summary; I am an occasional contributor to SciPy (mostly linalg) and again occasionally I wonder whether certain

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Sustainability

2017-10-04 Thread John T. Goetz
Hello Chuck, Sustainability is indeed a broad topic and I think it's all too easy to think broadly about it. Please do discuss the big picture, but I am far more interested in the practical day-to-day action items that result from such a meeting. Here are my concerns with regards NumPy specifically

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Sustainability

2017-10-04 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 4:03 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > One thing that concerns me is trying to keep up with demand. Our tools > have become extremely popular, but it is very difficult for maintainers to > keep up with this demand. So, we seem to have a tendency to "tribalize", in > a sense, focus

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Sustainability

2017-10-04 Thread Benjamin Root
One thing that concerns me is trying to keep up with demand. Our tools have become extremely popular, but it is very difficult for maintainers to keep up with this demand. So, we seem to have a tendency to "tribalize", in a sense, focusing on the demand for our respective pet projects. Various proj

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Sustainability

2017-10-04 Thread Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz
Could you elaborate on the purpose of the meeting, or perhaps point to a link with a description if there is one? Sustainability is a very broad topic. What do you plan on discussing? -Joe On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Charles R Harris wrote: > Hi All, > > I and a number of others represen

[Numpy-discussion] Sustainability

2017-10-03 Thread Charles R Harris
Hi All, I and a number of others representing various open source projects under the NumFocus umbrella will be attending as meeting next Tuesday do discuss the problem of sustainability. In preparation for that meeting I would be interested in any ideas that the folks who follow this list may have