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Add FAQ (Frequenty Asked Questions) section

Open stefanv opened this issue 3 years ago • 4 comments

Common questions heard (add to this list as you hear them!):

  • What's the difference between Scientific Python and NumFOCUS
  • Same with PyData. Basically a state of the whole ecosystem.

stefanv avatar Jul 20 '22 22:07 stefanv

Unfortunately I can't edit the comment, so I'll have to add bubble:

  • What's the difference between scipy, scipy, and scipy (/s). In other words, the classic question about the distinction between scipy the library, scipy the conference(s), and the oft-abbreviated "scipy ecosystem" and the relative relationship between them. At some point I believe there was a blurb on the scipy site (or maybe the docs) that explained the distinction, but I couldn't find it just now.

rossbar avatar Jul 21 '22 07:07 rossbar

We have some text here http://scipy.org/community

But yes the full history is yet to be written somewhere.

With NumFOCUS in charge of the conf, I just hope for a rebranding to simplify things for everyone.

tupui avatar Jul 21 '22 07:07 tupui

We used to have text about all the scipy meanings: https://new.scipy.org/about.html

But we are trying to make scipy be more about the library and use Scientific Python to cover the ecosystem and community now. If there is a discussion of the term scipy, it probably makes sense to do that on scipy.org. Here, I think, we should focus on what Scientific Python means.

jarrodmillman avatar Jul 21 '22 10:07 jarrodmillman

I can definitely work on this but I wonder if this should be short videos or just written text. I have other couple of questions related to 'technical stuff' and I think we can have several categories for these questions. I'm thinking something like this (if we go for the written stuff): https://docs.spyder-ide.org/current/faq.html

juanis2112 avatar Aug 05 '22 02:08 juanis2112