[Pandas-dev] Mailing list for Python data analytics ecosystem developers?

[Pete[r] Landwehr]

There's both a NumFOCUS discourse and zulip, I believe, but neither is
particularly active. Whether those should be considered possible starting
points or cautionary tales I leave to y'all.

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 9:27 AM Wes McKinney <wesmckinn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Copying the mailing list
>
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 10:58 AM Matthew Rocklin <mrocklin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I would be happy to participate in such a list and think that it is a
> good idea.
> >
> > I encourage people to reach out and ask on other PyData focused mailing
> lists asking for input.  Numfocus, scipy-dev, numpy-dev come to mind.
> There are undoubtedly others though that are in this space, but not on my
> personal radar.
> >
> > I'll also bring up the possibility of using a technology other than
> e-mail.  I've been interested in PyTorch's use of discouse recently.
> https://discuss.pytorch.org/  No strong thoughts on this though.  I'm not
> sure that there is a good e-mail alternative today, but it would be good to
> improve the longevity of asynchronous group conversations.
> >
>
> Discourse is interesting. It seems to be used (at least in PyTorch's
> case) as more of a modern message board for users than a place for
> long-form discussions between project developers.
>
> IMHO having a cross-project developer mailing list is probably overdue
> -- I think we can do a better job the next couple of years
> coordinating (colluding?) with each other. A lot of coordination does
> of course in private, project-level, or other ad-hoc basis. It would
> help to be able to discuss ecosystem-level problems and possible
> solutions.
>
> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 8:47 AM Wes McKinney <wesmckinn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I sent a request to postmaster @ python.o to create
> >> pydata-dev at python.org. We can also use google groups if others prefer
> >> that
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 3:59 PM Joris Van den Bossche
> >> <jorisvandenbossche at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Giving the growing ecosysten of data tools (in some way related to
> pandas, but not pandas itself), I am also +1 on such a list. I think that
> would be welcome, and not aware of anything existing.
> >> >
> >> > Joris
> >> >
> >> > Op di 25 dec. 2018 02:19 schreef Stephan Hoyer <shoyer at gmail.com:
> >> >>
> >> >> +1 for pydata-dev
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't think there's a list quite like this today.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 6:11 PM Wes McKinney <wesmckinn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I'm talking about public archived communication channels
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 7:57 PM William Ayd <william.ayd at icloud.com
> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> What do you think is missing from the existing PyData conferences?
> I’ve only been to the one in LA but it seemed to be somewhat in the
> direction of what you are asking for.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> > On Dec 24, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Wes McKinney <wesmckinn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>>> >
> >> >>>> > hi folks,
> >> >>>> >
> >> >>>> > Prompted by some recent discussions I wondered what you all think
> >> >>>> > would be the best venue to have public discussions that involve
> other
> >> >>>> > open source projects that are generally 1 degree of separation
> away
> >> >>>> > from pandas. Sort of like "pydata-dev", or something. Is there
> >> >>>> > something like this already that I just missed?
> >> >>>> >
> >> >>>> > As context, I'm trying to travel less and go to fewer
> conferences the
> >> >>>> > next couple of years, and spend more time coding and writing,
> but I
> >> >>>> > still want to talk with people (asynchronously) about things, and
> >> >>>> > preferably in public.
> >> >>>> >
> >> >>>> > - Wes
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