TL;DR
The SunPy Project is looking for new community
members to become maintainers of a new magnetic field
extrapolation package.
SunPy will provide mentorship in how to maintain a SunPy
package.
Ideally anyone interested in the role would be familiar with the
magnetic extrapolation algorithms.
If you are interested in taking on this role please comment on
this thread.
More details
The pfsspy
project has recently been archived by David Stansby, it’s lead
author and maintainer.
We want to thank him for his work on pfsspy and a variety of
other heliophysics Python projects.
The pfsspy package is now widely used throughout the
solar physics community for computing potential field
extrapolations, including in several
high-profile publications.
Given its wide usage, the SunPy Project believes it is important
to continue to provide this functionality within the SunPy
ecosystem to ensure it’s longevity.
To that end we are creating a new package within the
SunPy ecosystem which, initially, will be a fork of the pfsspy
package.
In the longer term, this package may expand to cover other
extrapolation techniques the community has an interest in
contributing.
To achieve this, we need someone who can bring some expertise on
magnetic field extrapolation algorithms and who has time to
dedicate to creating and maintaining this package.
The SunPy Project will provide the required package
infrastructure and mentorship on package maintenance for anyone
interested.
Additionally, this new package will be housed under the SunPy
organization on GitHub, similar to existing affiliated packages
maintained by the Project.
If you are interested in becoming a maintainer or have more questions, please post on this thread or on Discourse.
Thanks,
Stuart