[Pandas-dev] 0.11.x maintenance

[Jeff Reback]

aside from xlrd, and the minor HDFStore change (which should go in 0.11.1
in any event), I don't think any API changes in current master

why don't we say 1/6wks for 0.11.1...and just try to do bug fixes / avoid
big API changes

I also would be -1 on mainting 2 released versions.....I think its
reasonable to just push bigger changes to 0.12 and pull straightforward
stuff to 0.11.1


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:37 AM, yoval p. <yoval at gmx.com> wrote:

> The story is that it was unclear if a bugtrack release
> is always done, and there is still no milestone for 0.11.1, which
> is how we're managing issues right now. confusion ensued.
>
> So we're doing a 0.11.1 - Obviously a good idea, already
> some serious bugs fixed.
>
> Breaking changes:
>
> There are basically 2 breaking changes, requiring
> to xlrd>=0.9.0 and reworking the repr for various things
> (Timestamp, *Index() now produce valid python code).
> Let me know what you want rolled back and deal with it.
>
> On the release engineering side of things:
>
> I think the wait for 0.11 to be release seriously compromised
> the development momentum. We did very well scheduling things
> for 0.12, but then things just got stuck waiting for 0.11rc1 then final
> and now 0.11.1, I think it's costing pandas too much to do things
> this way, there's obviously so much just waiting to be done, and PRs
> are for review, not for stagnation.
> As a special concern, this sort of things reduces jeff's output to a
> meager 20 PRs per day which is just net loss as far as pandas is concerned.
>
> OTOH maintaining multiple maintenance branches is extra work
> and makes the history more complex. There are alternative
> git workflows (gitflow, github are the usual fare), would be
> glad to hear opinions on what would work best.
>
>
> Please create a GH milestone for 0.11.1, and set the time-frame
> for it.
>
> Let me know if you want something rolled back for 0.11.1.
>
> Yoval
>
> On 04/26/2013 04:52 AM, Wes McKinney wrote:
> > hey folks,
> >
> > what is the story with 0.12.x? Are we breaking any APIs yet? If so we
> > should probably plan for a 0.11.1 that is *bugfix *only and we
> > somewhat diligent about backporting critical bugfixes. Let me know
> > what you think.
> >
> > - Wes
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