Mailman 3 May 2021 - yt-dev

YTEP-0040: a yt-baked colormap package
by Clément Robert July 16, 2021

July 16, 2021

Hi yt-dev ! I wrote a small YTEP to propose that yt’s native colormaps be isolated into a lightweight independent package. See the motivation therein https://github.com/yt-project/ytep/pull/20 Although the priority for doing this is pretty low, I do think some form of change is required in this area, following the upstream change of behaviour introduced in matplotlib 3.4 Considering the task itself is also reasonably small and straightforward, I assume it is reasonable to submit it now so it may be considered for yt 4.0 (plus, I couldn’t resist submitting a 40th YTEP on Matt’s 40th birthday). A minimal goal here would be to improve our documentation to showcase the 7 (6 ?) original cmaps from the yt community. Namely: - algae - arbre - dusk - kamae - kelp - octarine - (spectral) -> this one seems to be currently broken actually, or was it just renamed ? See https://github.com/yt-project/yt/issues/3165#issuecomment-822241839 If we agree to bake a separate package out of them, I would also like to give credit to their respective creators. I know that Nathan came up with “arbre”, but I don’t know who created the other 6 (5). Please share your knowledge, I’m interested in knowing this whatever the fate of this YTEP :) Cheers Clément

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Important NUMFocus Survey -- Please fill it out!
by Stephanie Tonnesen May 31, 2021

May 31, 2021

Dear yt-ers, yt is participating in a research project being conducted by NumFOCUS <https://numfocus.org/>. The research is looking into understanding the diversity, inclusion and barriers to participation within NumFOCUS-sponsored projects and the wider open source community. The survey <https://numfocus.typeform.com/to/W6Bax8eq> will take 15-20 min to complete. We’d appreciate your contribution by June 8, 2021. The results of this survey will help NumFOCUS work closely with our projects to develop practices that will lead to project success around diversity, inclusion and sustainability. Click here to participate into the survey <https://numfocus.typeform.com/to/W6Bax8eq> Thank you in advance for your participation! Stephanie Tonnesen (for the yt steering committee) -- Dr. Stephanie Tonnesen Associate Research Scientist CCA, Flatiron Institute New York, NY stonnes(a)gmail.com

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Save The Dates!
by Stephanie Tonnesen May 6, 2021

May 6, 2021

Hi yt-dev, This is a quick note to ask you to save some time during the weeks of *June 7-11* and *August 2-6 *this year! We are going to try and push through PRs those weeks, with each week having its own theme! I hope that everyone can make both (meaning be active on slack and engaged in PRs)!! We will be sending out details with our vision for each week shortly. Mischief Managing week (we solemnly swear to be up to *only* good!) We will have a managing mischief week to focus on cleaning up the codebase. This is when we want dead code, code styling, and other PRs both submitted and merged. MM week will be on June 7-11 this year. PR Mentorship Week This is a week that we will help get older PRs and PRs from new contributors across the finish line. PRs from new contributors are always welcome; this week is specifically for extra focused time to boost the work of new contributors. This will include dedicated time from the development community on taking over PRs or mentoring newer contributors whose PRs have been waiting a while. PR Mentorship week will be held on August 2-6 this year. Can't wait to "see" you! -- Dr. Stephanie Tonnesen Associate Research Scientist CCA, Flatiron Institute New York, NY stonnes(a)gmail.com

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