John, I wish all the best you and your family. You have been the hub of a truly brilliant project for which I can only see its userbase continuing to expand.
Mike, your appointment is thoroughly deserved and I look forward to continuing to work closely with you and the rest of the matplotlib team. Congrats! Phil On 2 August 2012 23:06, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote: > > > On Thursday, August 2, 2012, John Hunter wrote: >> >> It is a great honor for me to announce that Michael Droettboom has >> agreed to take on the role of lead developer of matplotlib. Since >> Michael joined the project in 2007, he has been responsible for much >> of the code that brought matplotlib from being an excellent tool to a >> world class one. No one in the world understands the code from the >> inside out like he does, and many of his contributions, while often >> unseen at the surface, have laid the foundation for matplotlib to >> reach further into the wild and wonderful things it can now do. >> >> To name a few of his contributions: generic, optimized caching >> transformations; dramatic backend simplification and rationalization; >> countless optimizations; implementation of Knuth mathtex layouts; >> python3 support, and dolphins! I like to tell people Michael codes >> with the force of ten men, and he's an incredible asset to our team. >> >> My role has been significantly diminished of late -- although I have >> been the nominal lead developer, in practice I have been a release >> manager. Unfortunately, I need to take some time to focus on family >> health issues, but will continue to follow development and make >> contributions as I can. We'll be looking for a release manager soon, >> and if you are interested in stepping up, we'll welcome the effort. >> We have a wonderful distributed development team using github pull >> requests, and the line between core developers, project leaders and >> plain-ole contributers is blurry. But I think it helps to have >> someone thinking about the project as a whole, who is willing and able >> to make decisions when necessary, and no one is better suited to doing >> this than Michael. >> >> I also extend my heartfelt thanks to Perry Greenfield and STScI. They >> have been supporting matplotlib since 2004 with ideas, code and >> developer resources. They employ Michael currently, and are part of >> the reason why he is able to take on the leadership of this large >> project. >> >> Michael, many thanks. > > > > Congrats, Michael! > > Ben Root > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
