Mailman 3 November 2019 - yt-dev

Switching from Nose to Pytest
by Coughlin, Jared W Dec. 20, 2019

Dec. 20, 2019

Hello! I've been working on a PR (https://github.com/yt-project/yt/pull/2286) that converts yt's testing framework from nose to pytest. I believe that it's mostly ready to go, so I was writing to see what everyone's thoughts on this change are, if there is any feedback on my implementation, and if anyone would be willing to help review it, since there are quite a few changes. Thanks, and have a good weekend! -Jared

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Python in Astronomy 2020
by Will Barnes Nov. 26, 2019

Nov. 26, 2019

Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce that applications are now open for Python in Astronomy 2020, to be held 20 - 24 April 2020 at Trinity College, Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. Though the application form will be open until 23:59 UTC on 6 January 2020, I encourage you to complete the form soon to make sure you don’t miss the deadline. The application form is at: https://forms.gle/mtdm6QKENdY8Y1Ph9 More information about the conference, including links to past years, is available at: http://openastronomy.org/pyastro/2020/ Finally, a brief excerpt from the description of the conference: In addition to sharing information about state-of-the art Python Astronomy packages, the workshop will focus on improving interoperability between astronomical Python packages, mentoring current open-source contributors, and developing educational materials for Python in Astronomy. The meeting is therefore not only aimed at current developers, but also educators and research group leaders who are interested in being involved in these efforts. Participant selection will be made with the goal of enhancing the Python in Astronomy community and we encourage requests to attend from all career levels. Effort will also be made to select participants who have contributed meaningfully to the Python in Astronomy ecosystem via providing educational materials, documentation, and/or code contributions. This conference is neither intended to be an introduction to Python nor only for expert-level Python developers. Thanks, Will Barnes On behalf of the SOC: Monica Bobra (co-chair), Andrew Leonard (co-chair), Will Barnes, Clara Brasseur, Juan Luis Cano, Rebecca Lange, Sophie Murray

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[JOB] yt development and modernization
by Matthew Turk Nov. 18, 2019

Nov. 18, 2019

Hi all, I wanted to share with you a job posting to work with us at the University of Illinois. It’s available at: https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=123477&job=v… The short description is that we’re looking to invest in the yt infrastructure, and bring it more closely in line with the modern pydata ecosystem. This would mean working to utilize and interoperate with libraries like dask and xarray, and will include designing and documenting software changes and infrastructure. Plus, it will also involve working with libraries used throughout both the scientific ecosystem and in industry in modern data science. And, you’ll get to work with fun people in both yt community *and* the pydata community! All the work will be open source and this project is committed to contributing to the broader ecosystem *wherever* we can. I hope you’ll consider either applying, or passing this along to someone you know that might be interested. All of the information in the job posting should be considered authoritative, rather than this email. If you’ve got any questions (including about specifics of the job, the application process, etc) please do reach out to the contact person on the form! Best, Matt

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Nominating Niels Claes and Clément Robert to be yt project members
by Nathan Goldbaum Nov. 14, 2019

Nov. 14, 2019

Hi all, The frontend for AMRVAC (http://amrvac.org/) was just merged, thanks to the persistence of that frontend's authors. Both of them have been working with us on github and the yt slack and have shown an interest in further improving support and yt in general. To empower that I'd like to nominate them as project members. We'll need three other project members to reply with a +1. When that happens I'll add them to the website and give them a commit bit. -Nathan

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