Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-15 Thread Pierre Haessig
Le 15/02/2012 04:07, Bruce Southey a écrit : The one thing that gets over looked here is that there is a huge diversity of users with very different skill levels. But very few people have an understanding of the core code. (In fact the other thread about type-casting suggests that it is

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-15 Thread Christopher Jordan-Squire
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.io wrote: Your points are well taken.   However, my point is that this has been discussed on an open mailing list.   Things weren't *as* open as they could have been, perhaps, in terms of board selection.  But, there was

[Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.io wrote: On Feb 14, 2012, at 3:32 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: Hi Travis, It is great that some resources can be spent to have people paid to work on NumPy. Thank you for making that happen. I am slightly confused

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Travis Oliphant
There is a mailing list for numfocus that you can sign up for if you would like to be part of those discussions. Let me know if you would like more information about that.John Hunter, Fernando Perez, me, Perry Greenfield, and Jarrod Millman are the initial board of the Foundation.

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.io wrote: There is a mailing list for numfocus that you can sign up for if you would like to be part of those discussions.   Let me know if you would like more information about that.    John Hunter, Fernando Perez, me,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Travis Oliphant
When we selected the name NumFOCUS just a few weeks ago, we created the list for numfocus and then I signed everyone up for that list who was on the other one. I apologize if anyone felt left out. That is not my intention. My point is that there are two ways go to about this

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Benjamin Root
On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Matthew Brett matthew.br...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.io wrote: There is a mailing list for numfocus that you can sign up for if you would like to be part of those discussions. Let me know if you

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.io wrote: When we selected the name NumFOCUS just a few weeks ago, we created the list for numfocus and then I signed everyone up for that list who was on the other one.      I apologize if anyone felt left out.   That is

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Travis Oliphant
I have to agree with Mathew here, to a point. There has been discussions of these groups before, but I don't recall any announcement of this group. Of course, now that it has been announced, maybe a link to it should be prominent on the numpy/scipy pages(maybe others?). It should also

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Matthew Brett matthew.br...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.io wrote: When we selected the name NumFOCUS just a few weeks ago, we created the list for numfocus and then I signed everyone up for

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Travis Oliphant
Your points are well taken. However, my point is that this has been discussed on an open mailing list. Things weren't *as* open as they could have been, perhaps, in terms of board selection. But, there was opportunity for people to provide input. I am on the numpy, scipy,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Jason Grout
On 2/14/12 7:17 PM, Travis Oliphant wrote: * Fund Open Source Projects in Science (currently NumPy, SciPy, IPython, and Matplotlib are first-tier with a whole host of second-tier projects that could received funding) * through grants So, for example, would the Foundation

[Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Benjamin Root
On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.io wrote: I have to agree with Mathew here, to a point. There has been discussions of these groups before, but I don't recall any announcement of this group. Of course, now that it has been announced, maybe a link to it should be

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numpy governance update - was: Updated differences between 1.5.1 to 1.6.1

2012-02-14 Thread Bruce Southey
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Matthew Brett matthew.br...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Travis Oliphant tra...@continuum.io wrote: When we selected the name NumFOCUS just a few weeks ago, we created the list for numfocus and then I signed everyone up for that