Hi Francesc and all, I echo everyone's thanks for developing and maintaining PyTables for as long as you have.
I think that PyTables is a valuable part of the collection of scientific computing tools for Python, so I am sure that those who need it will continue to maintain it. To that end, I vote for Francesc to nominate someone to place an initial, full, clone of the PyTables(Pro) repository on GitHub as a starting point. Then hopefully a group of maintainers will naturally arise out of those who have most at stake in keeping PyTables up-to-date. Cheers, Steven. On 3 Jun 2011, at 10:30, Wes McKinney wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Ben Elliston <b...@air.net.au> wrote: >> Hi Francesc, >> >> Like others, I am very grateful for your work on PyTables. I think it >> would be wrong to assume that PyTables will die without the >> involvement of the original author. It is too useful, and there are >> too many people who depend on it. :-) >> >> With a couple of years of PyTabling ahead of me, I would of course >> like to see PyTables supported in some way. The beauty of free >> software is that I am not completely stranded, and I expect I will be >> able to fix bugs if I find them. At the very least, I think the >> project needs a small set of maintainers who can at least review and >> commit bug fixes submitted by others. >> >> Cheers, Ben >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. >> Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, >> secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. >> Get your free trial download today. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 >> _______________________________________________ >> Pytables-users mailing list >> Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users >> > > This is sad and happy news. Having used PyTables successfully in > financial applications, I'm hopeful and confident that folks in the > community will step up to continue maintaining the project. It'd be > great to see PyTables / PyTablesPro on GitHub, joining much the rest > of the scientific computing stack. I think a lot of people think (not > just me) that HDF5/PyTables is an important part of the scientific > computing puzzle. > > We'll have to figure out things like: how to build and distribute > updated binaries for Windows. Christoph Gohlke is already doing this > (for PyTables) for Win32 and Win64, so I think it's pretty doable. > > Best of luck in your new life chapter, > Wes > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, > secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. > Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Pytables-users mailing list > Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users --- This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
