[Numpy-discussion] Upcoming 1.8 release.

[Ralf Gommers]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Charles R Harris
> <charlesr.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Charles R Harris
> >> > <charlesr.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi All,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm thinking of making the 1.8.x branch next Sunday. Any complaints,
> >> >> thoughts?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > First thought: thanks a lot for doing this.
> >>
> >> I'm afraid I don't understand the discussion on timezones in
> >> datetime64, but I have the impression that those who do think it needs
> >> an urgent decision and some action for the short term.  Is that right,
> >> datetimers?
> >>
> >> If that's so, and there are worthwhile changes that are practical in
> >> the next few weeks, it seems reasonable to wait.
> >>
> >
> > My impression is that we will have something for 1.9. If it comes in for
> > 1.8, fine. But I think it is still under development. Hopefully the 1.9
> > release will come out next spring.
>
> OK - then I guess you are saying it is up you, our datetimer friends,
> to make a proposal and timetable and implementation, if y'all think it
> can be done in the next few weeks,
>

My impression: there's a reasonable amount of agreement on what has to be
done, but no one has stepped up to do the work. It doesn't look like
something that should block a release, because there's not a huge amount of
interest and the API is already labeled 'experimental'. So I don't really
see an issue in releasing 1.8 with the same behavior as 1.7.

Cheers,
Ralf
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