[SciPy-Dev] scikits contribution?

[Jonathan Stickel]

On 7/14/10 12:01 , josef.pktd at gmail.com wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Jonathan Stickel<jjstickel at vcn.com>  wrote:
>> On 7/8/10 07:05 , scipy-dev-request at scipy.org wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Jonathan Stickel<jjstickel at vcn.com>    wrote:
>>>>>   Some time ago, I offered to contribute (on the scipy-user list) some
>>>>>   code to smooth 1-D data by regularization:
>>>>>
>>>>>   http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/scipy-user/2010-February/024351.html
>>>>>
>>>>>   Someone suggested that scikits might be the right place:
>>>>>
>>>>>   http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/scipy-user/2010-February/024408.html
>>>>>
>>>>>   So I am finally looking into scikits, and I am not sure how to proceed.
>>>>>   ?My code consists of several functions in a single .py file. ?It seems
>>>>>   overkill to create a new scikit for just one file, but I do not see an
>>>>>   existing scikit that matches. ?'Optimization' would be the closest; in
>>>>>   core scipy I would put it in 'interpolate'.
>>>>>
>>>>>   So, what is the minimum that I need to do to create a scikit and upload
>>>>>   my code? ?Any suggestions for the name of the scikit (interpolate,
>>>>>   data_smoothing)?
>>>
>>> The easiest to get started is to copy the setup structure from another scikit.
>>> I think the template scikit in scikits svn is a bit out of date, the
>>> last time I looked.
>>>
>>> If you think your model could form the basis for enhancing the
>>> smoother or noisy interpolation category in scipy, then a scikits
>>> would be the best way, as we discussed.
>>>
>>> If you want to add it to an existing scikits, then statsmodels would
>>> be a possibility.
>>> Although statsmodels is more oriented towards multivariate approaches,
>>> I think a smoother category, together with some non-parametric
>>> methods, e.g. the existing kernel regression, would be an appropriate
>>> fit. There is a need for smoothers in gam, Generalized Additive
>>> Models, but that one is not cleaned up yet.
>>>
>>> And I think there will be more applications where it would be useful
>>> to share the cross-validation code as far as possible.
>>>
>>> Josef
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Please know that I am just starting to learn python, being a convert
>>>>>   from matlab/octave. ?Although I have become fairly proficient using
>>>>>   numpy/scipy in ipython, I do not know much about python internals,
>>>>>   setuptools, etc.
>>>>>
>>
>> OK, I created a scikit named "datasmooth" and included my current code.
>>   It seems to install OK with "python setup install" and import
>> correctly.  However, I am not able to commit to the svn repository.  I
>> registered on the scikits wiki, but I guess there is something else I
>> need to do?
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> Sharing the code would be much easier if you pick your favorite
> decentralized revision control system, git, bazaar or mercurial, and
> host it at the corresponding website.
> It would also avoid any permission questions. I don't know who handles
> setup and administration of http://projects.scipy.org/scikits.
>

It seems strange to me that each scikit would host its own development 
sources in separate locations!  I'd prefer to use the existing SVN tree 
for my small contribution, if possible.

I did register at http://projects.scipy.org/scikits with the username 
"jjstickel".  The wiki page indicates that this is all that is needed to 
edit the wiki, but I do not see a "Edit this page" link.  So it does 
seem that someone needs to give me permission.  I also need permission 
for commit access to svn.scipy.org/svn/scikits/.

If someone wants to see some code before giving out permissions willy 
nilly, I can do that of course!  Just let me know.

Thanks,
Jonathan

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