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I'll be more than happy to provide similar help testing on Windows 7.
-paul

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 5:52 PM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
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>
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Mark Lawrence <bre...@ya...>
> wrote:
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>> On 25/02/2012 17:13, John Hunter wrote:
>>
>> > After we get the bugfix out I'd like to gear up for a major python3
>> > release.
>>
>> Huge +1.
>>
>> I understand that the majority of Python and hence matplotlib people
>> work on *nix boxes, so if you'd like a hand with testing, or anything
>> else come to think of it, on my Windows Vista box feel free to ask, as
>> I've been using matplotlib for around seven years and don't mind trying
>> to put a bit back in.
>>
>
> That would be great-- you can cut your teeth testing the release candidates
> for the bugfix release in the current cycle, familiarize yourself with how
> to run the tests, etc.
>
> We definitely have a shortage of OSX and windows testing, especially the
> latter, because few people run from git HEAD  on windows, but lots of people
> do on linux.
>
> Just chime in when you see the announcements for "rc" release candidates on
> the users or devel lists.
>
> Thanks!
> JDH
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On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:21, Nicolas Rougier <Nic...@in...> wrote:
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> Sorry, same for me. I was only suggesting potential ideas for GSoC.
>
> On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:37 , Jason Grout wrote:
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>> On 3/2/12 3:31 AM, Nick Barnes wrote:
>>
>>> My organization is looking for projects which contribute to our own
>>> goal (to promote the public understanding of climate science): in this
>>> context we're helping climate scientists adopt open source techniques
>>> and tools.  For matplotlib that means asking climate scientists for
>>> their ideas (which is where the colormap tool idea came from).
>>>
>>> For general-purpose matplotlib projects, I recommend that matplotlib
>>> apply to be a mentoring organization.  The application window closes
>>> on the 6th.
>>
>> Sorry; I didn't mean to imply that *you* should take up these other
>> projects.  I was replying to the other suggestion about openGL and
>> augmenting it with related ideas, for someone else that might be
>> interested in the subject of the thread "matplotlib and GSOC".
>>
>> Jason

No need to apologize!  I was just encouraging matplotlib to become a
mentoring org so some of these good ideas can get taken up.
-- 
Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/

Sorry, same for me. I was only suggesting potential ideas for GSoC.

Nicolas


On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:37 , Jason Grout wrote:

> On 3/2/12 3:31 AM, Nick Barnes wrote:
> 
>> My organization is looking for projects which contribute to our own
>> goal (to promote the public understanding of climate science): in this
>> context we're helping climate scientists adopt open source techniques
>> and tools.  For matplotlib that means asking climate scientists for
>> their ideas (which is where the colormap tool idea came from).
>> 
>> For general-purpose matplotlib projects, I recommend that matplotlib
>> apply to be a mentoring organization.  The application window closes
>> on the 6th.
> 
> Sorry; I didn't mean to imply that *you* should take up these other 
> projects.  I was replying to the other suggestion about openGL and 
> augmenting it with related ideas, for someone else that might be 
> interested in the subject of the thread "matplotlib and GSOC".
> 
> Jason
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On 3/2/12 3:31 AM, Nick Barnes wrote:

> My organization is looking for projects which contribute to our own
> goal (to promote the public understanding of climate science): in this
> context we're helping climate scientists adopt open source techniques
> and tools.  For matplotlib that means asking climate scientists for
> their ideas (which is where the colormap tool idea came from).
>
> For general-purpose matplotlib projects, I recommend that matplotlib
> apply to be a mentoring organization.  The application window closes
> on the 6th.

Sorry; I didn't mean to imply that *you* should take up these other 
projects.  I was replying to the other suggestion about openGL and 
augmenting it with related ideas, for someone else that might be 
interested in the subject of the thread "matplotlib and GSOC".

Jason

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 07:30, Jason Grout <jas...@cr...> wrote:
> On 3/2/12 12:44 AM, Nicolas Rougier wrote:
>>
>> An OpenGL backend would be a nice project also. I've gathered some experience with glumpy and I can help/mentor but I suspect I'm not familiar enough with all the matplotlib internals to do this alone.
>
> Similar to this, a webGL backend would be great (for example, you could
> use three.js, or you could use straight webGL/OpenGL).
>
> (of course, there's also the html5 backend that is not quite finished, I
> believe...)
>
> Work on the 3d graphics backend in general would be cool to see too, and
> could likely be added to a openGL project.

My organization is looking for projects which contribute to our own
goal (to promote the public understanding of climate science): in this
context we're helping climate scientists adopt open source techniques
and tools.  For matplotlib that means asking climate scientists for
their ideas (which is where the colormap tool idea came from).

For general-purpose matplotlib projects, I recommend that matplotlib
apply to be a mentoring organization.  The application window closes
on the 6th.
-- 
Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/

On 3/2/12 12:44 AM, Nicolas Rougier wrote:
>
>
> An OpenGL backend would be a nice project also. I've gathered some experience with glumpy and I can help/mentor but I suspect I'm not familiar enough with all the matplotlib internals to do this alone.
>

Similar to this, a webGL backend would be great (for example, you could 
use three.js, or you could use straight webGL/OpenGL).

(of course, there's also the html5 backend that is not quite finished, I 
believe...)

Work on the 3d graphics backend in general would be cool to see too, and 
could likely be added to a openGL project.

Jason

An OpenGL backend would be a nice project also. I've gathered some experience with glumpy and I can help/mentor but I suspect I'm not familiar enough with all the matplotlib internals to do this alone.


Nicolas



On Mar 1, 2012, at 23:12 , Eric Firing wrote:

> On 03/01/2012 07:18 AM, John Hunter wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Nick Barnes<nb...@cl...>  wrote:
>> 
>>> May I ask whether matplotlib is taking part in this year's GSoC?
>>> I'm canvassing ideas for the Climate Code Foundation's
>>> participation, and some scientists have suggested
>>> matplotlib-related improvements (e.g. a GUI tool for constructing
>>> and managing segmented colormaps).  Some might be specific to
>>> climate science, others might be more generally useful to other
>>> matplotlib users.  In any case, if a student embarked on something
>>> like that, they'd need to join the matplotlib development community
>>> as well as ours, so I thought I'd drop by and see whether
>>> GSoC-sponsored development would be welcome.
>> 
>> They would certainly be welcome. We haven't solicited proposals, but
>> we could mentor one to three students who were interested. A colormap
>> GUI tool would be welcome, but it doesn't sound like an entire summer
>> would be needed, so we might want to bolt on some stuff (like general
>> improvements in mpl widgets and events to support design of such a
>> tool in native mpl rather than, or in addition to, a UI specific
>> tool)
>> JDH
> 
> I agree. I would just add that a segmented colormap tool is something 
> that has occurred to me several times as a good wish-list item, and that 
> as a physical oceanographer I certainly support expanded use of the 
> python stack in climate science.
> 
> Eric
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