Research software is often programmed on the side by “inexperienced” programmers, learning on the job. I collect phrasing to make this clear to users.

This is academic software, written in the cracks of free time between other commitments, by people who are often learning as we code. We greatly appreciate bug reports, pull requests, and any other feedback or advice. If you do find a bug, we’ll do our best to fix it, but apologies in advance if we are not able to respond quickly. If you are doing any serious work with this package, please do not expect everything to work perfectly first time or be 100% correct. Treat everything with a healthy dose of suspicion, and don’t be afraid to dive into the source code if you have to. Pull requests are always welcome. https://scikit-allel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ 2021-04-3