[Numpy-discussion] todos before 1.4.1 RC1

[Jarrod Millman]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Ralf Gommers
<ralf.gommers at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Here are some requests / things I think need to be done before a 1.4.1 RC1
> can be put out.
>
> 1. Bump up the version to 1.4.1
> 2. Update the release notes, including an explanation of why 1.4.0 was
> pulled.
> 3. Patrick and I need info on how to upload to Sourceforge. David or Jarrod,
> can you tell us how this works (offlist)?
>
> I guess I can do 1 and 2, but I don't have commit rights. I'm happy to get
> them, if you'd all prefer that I submit patches for a while first that's
> fine too.

Sure, I will send you a follow-up email right away.

> Then, I'm also going to try this once more: in my opinion we should not
> release numpy 1.4.1 before scipy 0.7.2. Consider this:
> numpy 1.3 + scipy 0.7.1 = OK
> numpy 1.4.1 + scipy 0.7.2 = OK
> numpy 1.3 + scipy 0.7.2 = OK
> numpy 1.4.1 + scipy 0.7.1 = NOT OK (Cython issue)
>
> So either release 1.4.1 and 0.7.2 at the same time, or scipy 0.7.2 first.

You should release scipy 0.7.2 first.  Since this is your first time
managing the release process, it would be easier to do them one at a
time.

Thanks,

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Jarrod Millman
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
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