Contributing

[bmu]

If we agree on it, we could either completely rely on pandas or give some rules, where we use our own conventions (in the wiki or in the docs).

[wholmgren]

Most of the stuff I wrote was inspired by pandas (maybe I should have made that more clear), but I felt that we should have something more than just "go look at pandas" since new contributors might not yet understand the scientific python ecosystem. I'm open to changing this, though.

[bmu]

Ok, I think this is a good approach. However we could provide the link to pandas, if we agree on all of the thinks that are stated there.

[wholmgren]

I added a handful of links to the pandas pages. Feel free to edit anything.

[bmu]

Ok, thanks. I'll close this issue.

[wholmgren]

The new 0.16.1 pandas release has a new Contributing to pandas page. It's really good. I still think we should have a small wiki, but I'll add and emphasize links to this.

[wholmgren]

I renamed the Development information wiki to Contributing to pvlib python and rewrote some of the text. I hope we can get some other people to add-to/clarify the wiki in the future, so I'm going to leave this open for 0.3. I think @jforbess's perspective would be helpful here. I found it hard to strike a balance between high-level overview with links as opposed to detailed instructions.