On 2/8/12 2:53 AM, Paul Ivanov wrote: > Patrick Marsh, on 2012-02-07 13:58, wrote: >> As I continue to mature as a Python person, I want to give back >> explicitly to the community that's given so much to me. The problem >> is, I don't know how. I'm intimidated by the awesomeness of what I see >> being done around me that I don't even know where to begin. How does >> one even begin to learn how to understand the deep intricacies of MPL, >> Numpy, and Scipy so that I'd begin to develop a comfort level that >> would allow me to begin to actively contribute? I know pretty much >> everyone on these listservs, including myself, is busy. (I'm in the >> midst of a 30-day PhD General Exam, and probably shouldn't even be >> reading the listservs and/or typing this email! *wink*) But if there >> are those out there that are willing to take a little time and invest >> in me, and I'm sure there are others like me, I'd gladly become an >> active contributor instead of a lurker. > > One simple, minimally intimidating way to contribute is by making > improvements to the documentation. Here's a relevant pitch I just > made on the IPython lists about how easy, yet valuable such > improvements can be. > > http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/ipython-user/2012-February/009428.html > > Another would be to send the colleagues whom your helping here to > these lists, that way any effort you put in to help them has a > good chance of helping others, thanks to search engines and > archives. > > Yet another would be to go through some the active issues on the > tracker and trying to make a test for them. > > Yet another still would be to test the various active pull > requests - and confirm that the fixes or new functionality they > provide actually work - look through patches and ask questions - > we have a lot PRs that get very few eyes or comments on them > (Last [academic] year, I consciously made an effort to be more > active on this list, and though I haven't pitched in as much > lately, perhaps the rest of this year I should focus my efforts > on incoming PRs)
Another big way we've seen new people contribute to the Sage community is to answer questions on the ask.sagemath.org site. Scipy has a similar ask.scipy.org site, but it seems relatively quiet. Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
