[AstroPy] Proliferating py-astro-libs

[Thomas Robitaille]

I agree that a triumvirate or small committee might be more balanced for decisions. What I'm suggesting at this stage is more just someone to moderate the discussion and get things moving - i.e. organizing votes rather than making decisions. Including decisions about how we should make decisions ;-)

I will create a poll for the VCS, but I think first the most important is to figure out the moderator(s) for the process and decide on the design of what we want. Hosting and coding should be something we worry about once we know what kind of package we want to create and how we are splitting up the work (after all, we might decide an astrokits approach is better, which means the hosting can be scattered, so then it won't matter so much).

Cheers,
Tom


On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Erik Tollerud wrote:

> Actually, I think it might be better to have a smallish group do this
> (3-5), assuming enough are willing. But otherwise, I think the
> wikispace-based nomination process makes sense.
> 
> I think more than one is better mainly because the BDFL/BDFN model may
> not be entirely fitting here. It works well for Python because Guido
> wrote the initial code base himself, so it already had a clear vision.
>  In this case, we're talking about combining a number of disparate
> approaches and ways of working, so a group with somewhat different
> perspectives makes sense. But as long as it's small enough (3 is
> probably ideal), it hopefully will still be able to quickly agree on a
> unified approach.
> 
> 
> > > Any volunteers?
> > > 
> > > If we have more than one, shall we hold an election?
> > I agree, and am worried that if we don't then the discussion will die out and come back next year (after all, we just need to look at the July 2010 discussions on the mailing list, and other ones before that...). I propose that anyone interested in taking on the responsibility of moderating the conversation and decision making process declare that they are interested in doing so by Thursday evening on the wiki page. I've added a section "Candidates to temporarily moderate the discussions/decisions" at
> > 
> > http://astropy.wikispaces.com/developers
> > 
> > If there is more than one person by Thursday evening, then we can create a poll and have people vote on Friday. If you are interested in the overall planning but not leading, then add yourself to the overall planning/big picture stuff. People in that category could be part of a kind of 'steering' committee.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Erik Tollerud