<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:33 PM, Julian Taylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jtaylor.debian@googlemail.com" target="_blank">jtaylor.debian@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have two ideas under one big important topic: make numpy python3<br>
compatible.<br>
<br>
The first fits pretty well with the grant size and nobody wants to do it<br>
for free:<br>
- fix our text IO functions under python3 and support multiple<br>
encodings, not only latin1.<br>
Reasonably simple to do, slap encoding arguments on the functions,<br>
generate test cases and somehow keep backward compatibility. Some<br>
prelimary unfinished work is in <a href="https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4208" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/numpy/<wbr>numpy/pull/4208</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I like that idea, it's a recurring pain point. Are you interested to work on it, or are you thinking to advertise the idea here to see if anyone steps up?<br><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
- add ascii/latin1 dtype to support a compact python3 string array,<br>
deprecate 's' dtype which has different meaning in python2 and 3<br>
This one is probably too big for 3k though.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Agreed, that won't fit in such a small grant.<br><br></div><div>Ralf<br><br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On <a href="tel:27.03.2017%2010" value="+12703201710">27.03.2017 10</a>:41, Ralf Gommers wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> For those who did not see the call on the NumFOCUS list, the below may<br>
> be of interest.<br>
><br>
</span>> I also have a proposal idea: a redesign of <a href="http://numpy.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">numpy.org</a> <<a href="http://numpy.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://numpy.org</a>>.<br>
<span class="">> Our website is very poor, both in terms of content and design. If a good<br>
> designer spends 40 hours on it, that should be enough to change it into<br>
> something nice (or at least not embarassing).<br>
><br>
> What do you think? Other ideas?<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Ralf<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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> Date: Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 10:51 AM<br>
> Subject: Re: [numfocus] Grants up to $3k available to NumFOCUS projects<br>
> (sponsored & affiliated)<br>
</span><span class="">> To: <a href="mailto:numfocus@googlegroups.com">numfocus@googlegroups.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:numfocus@googlegroups.com">numfocus@googlegroups.<wbr>com</a>>,<br>
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> There is no specific template, but proposals should be kept under 2<br>
> pages. Maximum 1 submission per project.<br>
><br>
> Required elements of the proposal are:<br>
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> * and budget<br>
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> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Bob Carpenter <<a href="mailto:carp@alias-i.com">carp@alias-i.com</a><br>
</span><span class="">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:carp@alias-i.com">carp@alias-i.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> Is there a format you're expecting for proposals?<br>
><br>
> Are applications limited to one per project?<br>
><br>
> Hard to imagine a project won't have something to do with $3K,<br>
> so I imagine you'll get applications from all of the projects if<br>
> the proposals take less than an hour or two to put together.<br>
><br>
> - Bob<br>
><br>
> > On Mar 16, 2017, at 12:14 PM, Gina Helfrich <<a href="mailto:gina@numfocus.org">gina@numfocus.org</a><br>
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