Hi Trevor,
I am only speaking for myself, not on behalf of the scikit-learn project,
but I would be +1 for your project and use of the -learn suffix. The pros
you cite are in my opinion more important than the cons.
Cheers,
Gilles
On 28 April 2015 at 05:33, Trevor Stephens <trev.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been working for the past month or so on a third-party add-on/plug-in
> package `gplearn` that uses the scikit-learn API to implement genetic
> programming for symbolic regression tasks in Python and maintains
> compatibility with the sklearn pipeline and gridsearch modules, etc. The
> reason it is not being pushed as a PR is due to unproven usefulness in the
> scikit-learn ecosystem, which comes up a lot on the GitHubs for major
> additions.
>
> I am edging my way towards a release now with docs and examples in process
> and thus have a general question about the use of parts of the scikit-learn
> logo found here:
> https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/blob/master/doc/logos/identity.pdf
>
> I would like to incorporate the 'learn' font into my own package's logo,
> here's the current draft:
> https://files.gitter.im/trevorstephens/lqYX/gp-learn.png
>
> I noticed that `nilearn` shares the 'learn' font from sklearn's logo,
> though I understand a lot of the same core devs work on it. I see a few
> pros and cons to allowing, or encouraging this:
>
> Pros:
> - encourages contributors to try out their algorithms in the wild to gauge
> usefulness while still feeling like they are a part of an extended
> scikit-learn ecosystem.
> - a lot of PRs fall flat after a lot of effort on the developer's part. As
> above, this gives them more of a chance to have something to show for
> significant work done, if it is not ready for a prime-time merge.
> - encourages a more common naming convention for scikit-learn compatible
> estimators for easier PyPI discovery, kind of like the implied link back to
> scipy toolkits with the various scikits.
>
> Cons:
> - may carry an implication that the code is reviewed and +1'd by the core
> devs, which it clearly is not.
> - that's all I can think of, open to hear other objections.
>
> Anyhow, interested in what the core team thinks about this and am excited
> to release my package, with or without the script MT bold fanciness.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Trev
>
>
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