[Numpy-discussion] Schedule for 1.5.1?

[Charles R Harris]

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at googlemail.com>wrote:

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> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Charles R Harris <
> charlesr.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at googlemail.com
>> > wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Charles R Harris <
>>> charlesr.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Pauli Virtanen <pav at iki.fi> wrote:
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>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Should we set a date for a bugfix 1.5.1 release? There are some bugs
>>>>> that
>>>>> would be nice to sort out in the 1.5.x series:
>>>>>
>>>>> Any Python versions:
>>>>>
>>>>> - #1605 (Cython vs. PEP-3118 issue: raising exceptions with active
>>>>>         cython buffers caused undefined behavior. Breaks Sage.)
>>>>> - #1617 (Ensure complex(np.longcomplex(...)) doesn't drop the imag
>>>>> part)
>>>>> - Fix doc build
>>>>>
>>>>> Python 3 specific:
>>>>>
>>>>> - #1604 (//-issue in distutils; infinite loop in some cases :)
>>>>> - #1609 (dotblas was never used on Python 3)
>>>>> - #1610 (fromfile/tofile did not stay in sync with Python 3 file handle
>>>>>         position -- breaks e.g. scipy.io pretty badly)
>>>>> - f2py startup script didn't run properly on Py3
>>>>>
>>>>> Not so many fixes so far, but I'd like to see a Numpy release with
>>>>> #1610
>>>>> fixed before releasing Scipy with Python 3 support. Since 2.0.0 breaks
>>>>> binary compatibility and merging the refactoring back may take some
>>>>> time,
>>>>> it would be nice to have another 1.5.x release.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ralf & c, opinions? I'd maybe suggest somewhere on the Oct/Nov axis.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> A 1.5.1 release soon would be good. All the issues above are already
>>> committed, is there anything else that needs to go in? If not, I think an RC
>>> by the end of next week (10/17) and release by the end of the month should
>>> be possible.
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>>> The one bug that I want to have fixed is #1399, which causes build
>>> problems for scipy on OS X.
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>>> Sounds good. I also have some stuff I'd like to add but won't have much
>>>> time before Nov. But whatever looks good to Ralf will work for me.
>>>>
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>>> Any specific issues you have in mind?
>>>
>>>
>> No, I just wanted to include the Laguerre and Hermite polynomials and add
>> a domain keyword to the linspace method of the polynomial template. But I
>> don't think these are pressing needs.
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>> These don't seem very appropriate for a bugfix release anyway. I trust
> your code will be in very good shape when you add it, but let's not start
> breaking our own rules for what can and cannot go in.
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Works for me. But looking at what versions some distros are including I
suspect 1.5.x will be "mainline" for quite a while. Fedora might go to 1.5
(from 1.3), but only because they are moving to Python 2.7. So I don't look
at the 1.5.x versions as strictly bug fix releases.

Chuck
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