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UID:pretalx-euroscipy-2026-EALXXJ@pretalx.com
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DESCRIPTION:Foundational Python libraries provide critical functionality th
 at diverse communities of downstream developers and users depend on\, yet 
 the teams maintaining these libraries must make hard choices about where t
 o spend limited resources. Often\, gaps in awareness between a core projec
 t and its broader community silently erode trust\, collaboration\, and sus
 tainability. This talk shares lessons from a community-driven sustainabili
 ty initiative to (re)-connect napari—a foundational library for interact
 ive\, multi-dimensional image and data viewing built on the scientific Pyt
 hon stack—with its ecosystem of over 580 community-developed plugins. Na
 pari plugins are built and used by scientists\, from complete Python novic
 es to cutting-edge code experts\, from the biological to physical to socia
 l sciences\, and beyond. Through a working group that brought together the
  napari core team\, plugin developers and end users\, the plugin sustainab
 ility initiative discovered that new avenues for communication and collabo
 ration lead to shared ownership of the ecosystem's progress. This talk wil
 l discuss what engagement approaches worked\, what has not worked\, what s
 urprised us\, and what any Python project with downstream developers can t
 ake away about sustainably growing and maintaining a community and its sof
 tware ecosystem.
DTSTAMP:20260603T185749Z
LOCATION:Room 1.19 (Ground Floor\, Shannon)
SUMMARY:(Re)-connecting foundational libraries with their communities: Succ
 esses\, failures\, and surprises in building the napari plugin sustainabil
 ity initiative - Tim Monko
URL:https://pretalx.com/euroscipy-2026/talk/EALXXJ/
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