[Radiance-general] Re: Python Radiance Package

[Greg Ward]

Well, it sounds like there is significant groundswell around this idea.  I suggest that interested parties/developers organize a host site for this effort and someone (Dave?) take charge of the project.  It's not something I can personally help with, and there aren't enough spare resources or Python experts at LBNL to manage such a project as far as I know.  Ongoing maintenance is something to think about as well, as new Radiance releases will likely continue to have some minor changes and some major additions.

Best,
-Greg

> From: Severn Clay-Youman <severnclaystudio at gmail.com>
> Date: November 8, 2010 6:01:55 AM PST
> 
> I think this is a wonderful idea - I'd be willing to 
> pitch in what Python coding 
> I can.
> Python has a lot of great data-processing libraries, 
> and as people have noted, 
> it would make a much better cross-platform API to Radiance 
> than the command-line.  
> I'll take Python over shell scripting any day!
> I think the first step would be for someone to write a Python API - 
> there are lots of ways to implement it 
> from just wrapping the shell commands to 
> closer integration, 
> but if you have a stable API people can get started using it 
> without re-writing their scripts constantly as Radiance-Python evolves.
> 
> Best,
> Severn Clay-Youman
> www.lesbetes.com