First of all, an amazing thanks to Francesc for making PyTables Pro available!! This is a great opportunity to help boost the interest in PyTables and keep it growing now that it's being kicked out of the proverbial nest. :)
I had mentioned to him that the newly-created governance system put in place by the Jenkins (formerly Hudson) developers might be a good model, and was hoping that something similar would be amenable to this group. I definitely second Steven Bamford's idea of making the code available on github, but it shouldn't be necessary for it to belong to one person. Instead, I created a PyTables organization: https://github.com/PyTables and pushed the trunk branch created via: git svn clone --authors authors.txt -s http://www.pytables.org/svn/pytables/PyTablesPro/ to: https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables Everyone who's expressed interest in maintenance duties should be added to the organization, and I'll turn over ownership to Francesc until we've decided how things move forward. If the organization isn't the right way to go, we can delete it completely. No harm done. If we want to keep it around, a first topic of discussion might be what to do with the PyTables (non-Pro) svn. Does it get added to a separate repository for historical/practical reasons? "PyTablesStd"? A second topic might be whether or not maintenance is wanted/needed for python-blosc and carray: https://github.com/FrancescAlted/python-blosc https://github.com/FrancescAlted/carray And I'm sure we'll find any number of other topics to keep us busy. In any event, here's to PyTables' good health! ~Josh Moore On Jun 3, 2011, fal...@pytables.org, wrote: > Hi List, > > Fortunately, now that it seems like there will be some opportunities for > PyTables to be maintained, I'm happy to announce that, hereby, PyTables > Pro drops its original, commercial license, and acquires a BSD license. > The new ``LICENSE.txt`` in the root directory states this. > > You can find the SVN sources in: > > > http://www.pytables.org/svn/pytables/PyTablesPro > > > and browse the sources via Trac too in: > > > http://pytables.org/trac/browser/PyTablesPro > > > @ people interested in the future maintenance, please feel free to use > Pro as a possible base for the future PyTables (with no Pro suffix > anymore). Some caveats about doing this though: > > - The version format for the Pro version is something like 'X.Y.Zpro', > and such a 'pro' suffix is necessary in certain parts of the code in > order to enable the Pro-specific features (indexing and caching, > mainly). It should be easy to get rid of this, but needs some > modification of the code. > > - The manual is the same in PyTables Pro than PyTables standard, but if > the new maintainers choose to put Pro as the default, the notes of the > style "... is only available in PyTables Pro." should be obviously > removed. > > - The copyright for the years 2002-2010 should be respected, and I have > added a new entry for 2011 which is attributed to "PyTables > maintainers", in honor to those braves that are undertaking the > maintenance task of PyTables. Please change this 'author' by something > more meaningful if you feel like. > > So, enjoy data with PyTables Pro (BSD-flavored :) ! > > -- > Francesc Alted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
