Pyraf will be make available to a limited number of external sites within a month.
Testing continues within the group as well.
The latest timing tests do not show any significant penalty for running IRAF scripts within Pyraf once the script has been translated to a Python version automatically. Effort on enahancing the graphics capabilities of Pyraf have begun. A series of group presentations has begun on explaining the design as part of an effort of involving more group members in the graphics development. Work on adding new kernels has begun, in particular the ability to plot to the image display and to use noninteractive IRAF graphics kernels is being added now. The Pyraf EPAR task is being redesigned to make enhancements easier.