[yt-dev] [enzo-dev] yt 2.4 release announcement

[Matthew Turk]

Hi all on yt-dev,

I wanted to write to say thank you all for your help with this
release.  The vital stats:

 * Between yt 2.3 and yt 2.4, there were about eight months of calendar time
 * We had the first workshop at UChicago during that time
 * This release had 1200 changesets contribute to it, for a total of
 * 21 people contributed changes, 6 of which were first-time contributors
 * We closed 42 issues targeted at 2.4
 * This was our first PR-based development cycle, and we went through
nearly 200 of them

Thanks also to Nathan and Sam, who burned the midnight oil last night
to get the docs built (with new added VR) and send out the release
announcement.  And Nathan, who really grabbed ahold of the PlotWindow
and pushed on making it look nice, making it work nice, and making it
a desirable alternative to the PlotCollection, was one of those first
time contributors!  So congratulations everyone, and again, thank you
all for your hard work.

Best,

Matt

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We’re proud to announce the release of version 2.4 of the yt Project,
> http://yt-project.org/ .  The new version includes many new features,
> refinements of existing features and numerous bugfixes.  We encourage
> all users to upgrade to take advantage of the changes.
>
> yt is a community-developed analysis and visualization toolkit,
> primarily directed at astrophysical hydrodynamics simulations.  It
> provides full support for output from the Enzo, FLASH, Orion, and Nyx
> codes, with preliminary support for several others.  It provides
> access to simulation data  using an intuitive python interface, can
> perform many common visualization tasks and offers a framework for
> conducting data reductions and analysis of simulation data.
>
> The most visible changes with the 2.4 release include:
>
> * A threaded volume renderer, which has been completely rewritten for
> speed, clarity and extensibility
> * A new plotting mechanism, the “Plot Window,” for easier and more
> efficient visualization
> * Many improvements to time series analysis, including auto-parallelization
> * A complete rewrite of the Web GUI for yt including a WebGL 3D scene
> and substantial user interface improvements
> * Integration with the new yt Hub (http://hub.yt-project.org/ ) for
> sharing of data, scripts and images
> * Extensive additions and improvements to the cookbook
>
> For a complete list of changes in this release, please visit the
> Changelog ( http://yt-project.org/docs/2.4/changelog.html ).
>
> Information about the yt project, including installation instructions,
> can be found on the homepage: http://yt-project.org/
>
> Development of yt has been sponsored by the NSF, the DOE, and various
> universities.  We develop yt in the open and encourage contributions
> from users who extend and improve the code.  We invite you to get
> involved with developing and using yt!
>
> Please forward this announcement to other interested parties.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>    The yt development team
>
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