Somehow I missed your first post, Mats. I certainly agree with you earlier point.
After searching, I see there is a Matplotlib list. I will direct questions to there, hopefully that will bring some attention. Thanks! On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Mats Wichmann <m...@wichmann.us> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
