Hi all, On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Francesc Alted wrote:
> Hey Josh, > > 2011/6/3 Josh Moore <josh.mo...@gmx.de> > >> 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. >> > > I like your solution very much. Thanks for moving forward so fast :) I'm > fine to have ownership for the time being, but I prefer if other person can > take it over. Or, cannot we have several owners at the same time? Definitely. There can be any number of owners, and you need not be one of them! :) I tried to find the people who had mentioned wanting to take an active role on github and found these: • avalentino (Antonio Valentino) • bamford • scopatz (Anthony Scopatz) • wesm (Wes McKinney) Can you confirm that you are who I thought you were, not that some poor githubber is wondering what this "pytables" thing is. And if there are any other github users, please speak up. >> 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? > > > Well, I plan to maintain pytables.org for at least a year, so I think we can > go directly with Pro in github, and in case anybody wants the 'old' PyTables > std, it can always create a new branch anywhere. Understood and agreed. >> "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 > > > I *do* have the purpose to continue with Blosc and carray as my toy > projects, so I think I can still be the maintainer for those if you don't > mind ;) But it would be a good idea to migrate the Blosc repository to > github too. Added to my 'todo' list. > > >> 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! >> > > Sure! Thanks a lot for you job! Gladly, but that's enough for one Friday evening, CEST. Cheers, ~Josh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
