On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 10:54:35AM -0500, M. Zhou wrote: > Hi, > > At this point I have some doubt on "what should be moved to > math team." The borderline and the expected outcome are > not discussed in some specific cases. > > In my understanding, domain-specific mathematical applications, > such as theorem prover, would be a good fit for the new team. > And this is not likely of interest by a larger range of audience. > > However, as we know, mathematics is the underlying core of > many engineering and science fields. The critical mathematical > libraries such as BLAS and LAPACK should have the attention > to the whole science team, instead of limited attention of > a small team. > > In brief, my personal opinion is: packages that are too important > and generic should be kept in science team as they may affect > any sub-area of science; packages are less likely used in > other sub-areas of science can be moved to smaller but dedicated > teams for better care. > > The borderline should depend on the influence of a package, > and its expected usage.
Makes sense to me. Maybe, it is also a fine idea to move packages which are important in the science team, but are unmaintained. Ofcourse, only if some volunteer is willing to take care of it. Nilesh
