OLD DOC: Development Roadmap

New Roadmap

• Port to Python 3 (complete)
• Use astropy.io (complete)
• Use astropy.units (complete)
• Use astropy.modeling (completed on Oct 29, 2013)
• API discussion and requirements gathering
• Add magnitude class to astropy
• Refactor stsynphot to be compatible (completed on Dec 9, 2013)
• Complete units tests for stsynphot (TARGET DATE: Jan 15, 2014) (completed on Dec 9, 2013)
• New graph system
• API design and implementation
• Merge into astropy core (complete docs)
• API review and test
• Deploy for STScI ETC use [TARGET DATE: Spring 2014]

Original Roadmap

• fork pysynphot from existing svn astrolib repository and import into github (complete)
• port and curation of existing pysynphot test suite (ongoing)
  • modify pysynphot to use astropy installation infrastructure
  • separate STScI interface specific tests from lower level unit tests
  • augment the existing test suite
• start API discussion and requirements gathering [TARGET DATE: Aug 15]
• python 3 support [TARGET DATE: Aug 15]
• replace pyfits with astropy.io [TARGET DATE: Sept 1]
• convert to using astropy units [TARGET DATE: Sept 15]
• convert to using astropy models [TARGET DATE: Oct 1]
• API design and implementation [TARGET DATE: Oct 31]
• new graph definition system [TARGET DATE: Oct 31]
• merge into the astropy core [TARGET DATE: Nov 30]
• API review and test [TARGET DATE: Dec 31]