Merge pull request #5 from jhillairet/update_history

Update website

_sources/about.rst.txt

@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ Development History
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+**scikit-rf** was created in 2009 by Alex Arsenovic while he was a graduate student at the University of Virginia’s millimeter wave research lab in 2009. It was originally called mwavepy, but was re-branded as a scikit to emphasize its relationship to the scientific python community.
 
-**scikit-rf** was created in 2009 by Alex Arsenovic while he was a graduate student at the University of Virginia's  millimeter wave research lab in 2009. It was originally called mwavepy, but was re-branded a scikit to emphasize its relationship to the scientific python community.  **scikit-rf** is licensed under the :doc:`BSD License <license>` and is currently being actively developed by a group of volunteers  `on Github <https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/graphs/contributors>`_ . 
+Since 2019, **scikit-rf** has been actively maintained by Julien Hillairet from the CEA/IRFM institute.  **scikit-rf** is licensed under the :doc:`BSD License <license>` and is currently being actively developed by a group of volunteers  `on Github <https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/graphs/contributors>`_ . With more than 80 volunteers having contributed to the package, version 1.0.0 was released in 2024, indicating that the package is sufficiently stable and performant for a widespread adoption.
 
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@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission or CEA (French: Com
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-If your lab, company, or organization uses **scikit-rf** and would like to be listed please contact me at **alexanderarsenovic at gmail.com**
+If your lab, company, or organization uses **scikit-rf** and would like to be listed please contact **julien.hillairet at gmail.com**
 
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_sources/index.rst.txt

@@ -61,12 +61,23 @@ examples, see the `Documentation <http://scikit-rf.readthedocs.org/>`_
 Some Examples 
 --------------------------
 
-.. raw:: html
-   :file: carousel_simple.html
-
-|
+.. carousel::
+    :show_controls:
+    :show_indicators:
+    :show_fade:
+    :show_dark:
+
+    .. image:: _static/example1.png
+
+    .. image:: _static/example2.png
+
+    .. image:: _static/example3.png
+
+    .. image:: _static/example4.png
 
+    .. image:: _static/example5.png
 
+    .. image:: _static/example6.png
 
 
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@@ -106,12 +117,11 @@ Features
 Help/Feedback/BUGs
 --------------------------
 
-* For questions about usage, suggestions, or to provide general feedback, please see the `Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/scikit-rf>`_ or post in the user channel on the `scikit-rf slack <https://scikit-rf.slack.com>`_
+* For questions about usage, suggestions, or to provide general feedback, please see the `GitHub Discussion section  <https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/discussions>`_ or post in the `scikit-rf Matrix channel <https://app.element.io/#/room/#scikit-rf:matrix.org>`_
 
 
 * If you find a problem in scikit-rf, please post an issue to the `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/issues>`_
 
-* Still need help? Contact me at **alexanderarsenovic at gmail.com**
 
 
 

_sources/install.rst.txt

@@ -14,15 +14,22 @@
 Install
 ----------
 
+.. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/scikit-rf
+    :alt: PyPI - Python Version
 
-**scikit-rf** is supported and tested on Python versions 2.7, 3.5, 3.6. There are several ways to install listed below. 
+.. |version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/scikit-rf
+    :alt: PyPI - Version
+
+**scikit-rf** is supported and tested on |pypi|.
+
+Current version of **scikit-rf** is |version|. There are several ways to install **scikit-rf**, listed below. 
 
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 anaconda (recommended)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The easiest way to install scikit-rf is to first install 
-`anaconda <http://continuum.io/downloads>`_. Once anaconda is installe,  you can 
+`anaconda <http://continuum.io/downloads>`_. Once anaconda is installed, you can 
 install scikit-rf from the `conda-forge <https://conda-forge.github.io/>`_ channel by entering the following into a terminal::
 
     conda install -c conda-forge  scikit-rf
@@ -32,10 +39,17 @@ install scikit-rf from the `conda-forge <https://conda-forge.github.io/>`_ chann
 pip
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-If you dont want to install anaconda (really, why not?), you can use  `pip`::
+If you dont want to install anaconda, you can use  `pip`::
 
     pip install scikit-rf
 
+**scikit-rf** does not install all optional dependencies by default, but if you need some of them just do ::
+    
+    pip install scikit-rf[plot,visa,xlsx,netw]
+
+or just a subset of them. 
+
+
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 git
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@@ -45,6 +59,6 @@ The bleeding-edge development version of **scikit-rf** may be installed using::
     
     git clone https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf.git
     cd scikit-rf
-    python setup.py install
+    pip install .
 
 

_sources/qtapps.rst.txt

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ What... why?
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-There is a new folder in the scikit-rf repository called `qtapps <https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/tree/master/qtapps>`_. It contains a python package called ``skrf_qtwidgets``.
+The repository called `skrf-apps <https://github.com/scikit-rf/skrf-apps>`_ contains a python package called ``skrf_qtwidgets``.
 
 The goal of this package is to provide a reusable set of qt widgets to easily construct gui applications that can measure, process, and analyze data. The two main widgets are a ``QListWidget`` called ``NetworkListWidget`` that provides a container for ``Network`` objects and a plot widget called ``NetworkPlotWidget`` for visualizing networks.
 

_sources/support.rst.txt

@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 **scikit-rf** will always remain free and open-source. Period. For those who need 
 help, there will always be public channels available:
 
- * `mailing list <http://groups.google.com/group/scikit-rf>`_
- * `slack <https://scikit-rf.slack.com>`_
- * `github <http://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf>`_ 
+ * `Matrix <https://app.element.io/#/room/#scikit-rf:matrix.org>`_
+ * `Github Discussion <https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/discussions>`_ 
 
 For those who need private support and
 development services, please see the following list of companies who support scikit-rf. 
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ services include:
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-If you would like to list your company here  please contact me at **alexanderarsenovic at gmail.com**
+If you would like to list your company here  please contact **julien.hillairet at gmail.com**
 
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