[Numpy-discussion] Created NumPy 1.7.x branch

[Andrea Gavana]

On 26 June 2012 22:39, John Hunter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Thouis (Ray) Jones <thouis@gmail.com> wrote:
>> +1 !
>>
>> Speaking as someone trying to get started in contributing to numpy, I
>> find this discussion extremely off-putting.  It's childish,
>> meaningless, and spiteful, and I think it's doing more harm than any
>> possible good that could come out of continuing it.
>
> Hey Thouis,
>
> Just chiming in to encourage you not to get discouraged.  There is a
> large, mostly silent majority who feel just the same way you do, it's
> just that they are silent precisely because they want to write good
> code and contribute and not participate in long, unproductive email
> threads that border on flame wars.  You've made helpful comments here
> already advising people to take this offlist.  After that there is
> nothing much to do but roll up your sleeves, make some pull requests,
> and engage in a worthwhile discussion about work.  There are lots of
> people here who will engage you on that.

+1 from a pretty much silent user.

Andrea.

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