On 06/15/2018 10:49 PM, Mike C wrote: > I can only compare to the R language I've used. If there is an issue, say a > function freezes at startup, one user brings it up to the list, when the > respective maintainer sees the bug, it is usually addressed on the next > release.
Sure. So that suggests you ought to bring this up to the matplotlib community, and see if they are similarly responsive. We here are not connected to it, we only seek to give general advice to extent we are able to. > In terms of funding. Isn't Python heavily used in industry, so, financial > contribution should've been huge, no? There's not really a connection... matplotlib is written in Python, yes, but as a discrete project is only going to attract interest from those who have a use for it, not from the broader "everybody who uses Python for something" community. As would be the case for any independent open source project, irrespective of what programming language it is written in. And that is indeed one of the differences between open source and commercial development... if there's not a company behind it, the nature of responses is likely to be different. Which is not to say commercial companies prioritize things the way you'd want either. I have recently proposed to one company that shall remain unnamed because this is only an example, not any attempt to cast blame, an improvement they could make to their project through a system they provide to propose features, and to vote on features others have proposed. That feature now has 20 votes and I was excited a lot of people agreed with me. I just heard through independent channels that that company's developers don't even look at suggestions until the votes number in the thousands. Guess it's not happening... _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
