"IPython is comparatively mature, and there are consequently fewer major changes planned." | ||
--The Jupyter project |
Despite its maturity, there is still a lot of work to be done on IPython. The official GitHub repository (https://github.com/ipython) lists 933 open issues for the core of IPython, not including popular modules such as ipyparallel
, ipykernel
, and nbconvert
.
The repository also contains a wiki with a roadmap (https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/Roadmap:-IPython). Unfortunately, the roadmap has not been updated since 2014.
IPython used a system of IPython Enhancement Proposals (IPEPs) similar to Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) in order to organize ongoing projects. A list can be found at https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/IPEPs:-IPython-Enhancement-Proposals. While an interesting historical document, no IPEP has been modified since 2014. The sole exception is a note in IPEP 29 (project governance) stating that the document is now being maintained as part of project...