Re: [matplotlib-devel] ANN: Michael Droettboom, matplotlib lead developer

[Phil E. <pel...@gm...>]

John, I wish all the best you and your family. You have been the hub
of a truly brilliant project for which I can only see its userbase
continuing to expand.

Mike, your appointment is thoroughly deserved and I look forward to
continuing to work closely with you and the rest of the matplotlib
team. Congrats!

Phil



On 2 August 2012 23:06, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:
>
>
> On Thursday, August 2, 2012, John Hunter wrote:
>>
>> It is a great honor for me to announce that Michael Droettboom has
>> agreed to take on the role of lead developer of matplotlib.  Since
>> Michael joined the project in 2007, he has been responsible for much
>> of the code that brought matplotlib from being an excellent tool to a
>> world class one.  No one in the world understands the code from the
>> inside out like he does, and many of his contributions, while often
>> unseen at the surface, have laid the foundation for matplotlib to
>> reach further into the wild and wonderful things it can now do.
>>
>> To name a few of his contributions: generic, optimized caching
>> transformations; dramatic backend simplification and rationalization;
>> countless optimizations; implementation of Knuth mathtex layouts;
>> python3 support, and dolphins!  I like to tell people Michael codes
>> with the force of ten men, and he's an incredible asset to our team.
>>
>> My role has been significantly diminished of late -- although I have
>> been the nominal lead developer, in practice I have been a release
>> manager.  Unfortunately, I need to take some time to focus on family
>> health issues, but will continue to follow development and make
>> contributions as I can.  We'll be looking for a release manager soon,
>> and if you are interested in stepping up, we'll welcome the effort.
>> We have a wonderful distributed development team using github pull
>> requests, and the line between core developers, project leaders and
>> plain-ole contributers is blurry.  But I think it helps to have
>> someone thinking about the project as a whole, who is willing and able
>> to make decisions when necessary, and no one is better suited to doing
>> this than Michael.
>>
>> I also extend my heartfelt thanks to Perry Greenfield and STScI.  They
>> have been supporting matplotlib since 2004 with ideas, code and
>> developer resources.  They employ Michael currently, and are part of
>> the reason why he is able to take on the leadership of this large
>> project.
>>
>> Michael, many thanks.
>
>
>
> Congrats, Michael!
>
> Ben Root
>
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