ANN: Pandas 0.23.0 Released

[Tom Augspurger]

Hi all,

I'm happy to announce that pandas 0.23.0 has been released. This is a major
release from 0.22.0 and includes a number of API changes, new features,
enhancements, and performance improvements along with a large number of bug
fixes.

Tom
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*What is it:*

pandas is a Python package providing fast, flexible, and expressive data
structures designed to make working with relational or labeled data both
easy and intuitive. It aims to be the fundamental high-level building block
for doing practical, real world data analysis in Python. Additionally, it
has the broader goal of becoming the most powerful and flexible open source
data analysis / manipulation tool available in any language.

*Highlights of the 0.23.0 release include:*

   - Round-trippable JSON format with 'table' orient
   <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.23.0/whatsnew.html#json-read-write-round-trippable-with-orient-table>
   - Instantiation from dicts respects order for Python 3.6+
   <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.23.0/whatsnew.html#instantation-from-dicts-preserves-dict-insertion-order-for-python-3-6>
   - Dependent column arguments for assign
   <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.23.0/whatsnew.html#assign-accepts-dependent-arguments>
   - Merging / sorting on a combination of columns and index levels
   <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.23.0/whatsnew.html#merging-on-a-combination-of-columns-and-index-levels>
   - Extending Pandas with custom types
   <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.23.0/whatsnew.html#extending-pandas-with-custom-types-experimental>
   - Excluding unobserved categories from groupby
   <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.23.0/whatsnew.html#categorical-groupers-has-gained-an-observed-keyword>

See the full whatsnew
<https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.23.0/whatsnew.html#v0-23-0>
for a list of all the changes.

*How to get it*:

Source tarballs and wheels are available on PyPI (thanks to Christoph
Gohlke for the windows wheels, and to Matthew Brett for setting up the
mac/linux wheels).

Conda packages are available on conda-forge and will be available on the
default channel shortly.

*Thanks to all the contributors:*

A total of 328 people contributed to this release. People with a “+†by
their names contributed a patch for the first time.

* Aaron Critchley
* AbdealiJK +
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* Albert Villanova del Moral
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