mne-tools / mne-tools/mne-python

Remove / Replace EGI reader by https://pypi.org/project/mffpy/

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Description

See EGI now offers a reference implementation to read/write EGI files we should drop our implementation in favor of the standard one.

we just need someone to do the job :)

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the existing EGI reader and comparing its supported behavior with the mffpy reference implementation. Determine which reader and writer entry points depend on it, then verify that replacing the implementation with mffpy preserves the project’s EGI file support and removes the old implementation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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