On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn <da...@student.matnat.uio.no> wrote: > On 01/25/2011 04:47 PM, Stefan Behnel wrote: >> Stefan Behnel, 23.01.2011 11:50: >> >>> Dag Sverre Seljebotn, 23.01.2011 10:12: >>> >>>> On 01/23/2011 09:53 AM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Dag Sverre Seljebotn, 20.01.2011 12:26: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Starting new thread in case somebody did not see the hijacking. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've created this wiki page: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://wiki.cython.org/workshop1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you're interested in coming to a Cython workshop, please fill in your >>>>>>> details in the table to help decide when and where a workshop should be >>>>>>> held. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Current status so far: 4 core developers have signed in, 5 people in >>>>>> total, >>>>>> all from Europe. Robert said he'd like to join in, too. >>>>>> >>>>>> Have there been any further off-list replies so far? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I've spoken to two people, both of whom won't be able to do much the >>>>> first half of this year. >>>>> >>> Still, I think "close to now" is a very good time to do it, because 0.14.x >>> is nearing stability and thus leaving the focus but needs a serious >>> docsprint, 0.15 is in the pipeline and worth putting some work into and 1.0 >>> is getting in sight and worth discussing. Certainly enough to fill four >>> days. >>> >> I added a couple of development topics that could benefit from a hacking >> workshop. >> >> Depending on how "nontrivial" the NFS funding is - maybe we could split it >> into two events? One more planning/core developer oriented workshop now and >> one geared towards code sprinting later during the year? >> > > Reading chapter 11 of the NSF proposal, at least there was two Cython > workshops planned when applying for funding, so it seems likely. Of > course, we want to make sure there's some ties to scientific computation. > > For this one, at least Pauli Virtanen, a very significant contributor to > NumPy/SciPy, wants to come (assuming we have it in Munich). Me and him > (and whoever else is interested) should be able to hash out the most > important things regarding Cython+NumPy/SciPy. I think the "macro" > ability (inline certain generators used in for-loop) is completely > crucial here, and templates too. I don't worry too much with planning > that part though; when me and Pauli (and whoever else is interested) > gets together we'll figure it out.
That sounds like it'd be worthwhile. I like the idea of trying to have two workshops, with the upcoming one more focused on planning, including NumPy/SciPy and post 1.0. - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list Cython-dev@codespeak.net http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
