On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu> > wrote: >> >> I'm hoping to host a matplotlib sprint during the final two days of Scipy >> 2013 this year, and I hope to see as many as possible of you there. I think >> it's also really important to bring new developers into sprints, because >> it's such an efficient way to get people familiar with the code base. >> >> It might be helpful to start brainstorming now about which projects we may >> want to tackle so that we can have as much in place as possible by then and >> hit the ground running. >> >> I've set up a wiki page here: >> >> https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/wiki/Scipy-2013 >> > > Getting a bit back on the original topic of the SciPy sprints, there are > some things I have learned from last year's sprints. First off, there are > going to be a lot of newbies there who do not even have a developer setup, > let alone a source install of matplotlib. Myself and a few other people > spent several hours fumbling around with getting the Mac users set up > properly. With me not being a Mac user, I felt very helpless. We need to > be better prepared for these users (as well as the Windows users). > > Second, working on matplotlib isn't very "sexy" (at least, insofar as > working on ipython, or one of the scikits). Most of the attendees are > specialized scientists who only cares enough about matplotlib to produce > "the plot" for their work. Getting attendees to join your sprint is a hard > sell. This is not meant to discourage you, but rather to help better frame > what the tasks and goals should be for matplotlib at the sprints. > > I wish I was this prepared last year. You are off to a much better start > than I was. > > Cheers! > Ben Root
Ben, This is incredibly useful information. I have never been to a sprint before so this valuable knowledge to have. Since I'm a mac user, perhaps I could put together a 'source install walkthrough' or something? That might help us save some time fumbling at the beginning of the sprint. -- Damon McDougall http://www.damon-is-a-geek.com Institute for Computational Engineering Sciences 201 E. 24th St. Stop C0200 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1229 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
