[SciPy-Dev] preparing for scipy 0.8 release

[Ralf Gommers]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Warren Weckesser <
warren.weckesser at enthought.com> wrote:

> Ralf Gommers wrote:
> > I thought about it some more, and a backwards compatible release with
> > numpy 1.4.1 that is also compatible with numpy 2.0 is not even
> > possible. And compatibility with 1.4.0 is not nearly as useful. So two
> > releases would really make sense: 0.8 built against numpy 1.4.1 and
> > 0.9 against numpy 2.0 with py3k compatibility.
> >
> > Here's a proposal for the release schedule:
> > 30/05: create 0.8.x branch, beta available, trunk open to add py3k
> > compatibility
> > 11/06: 0.8 release candidate 1
> > 22/06: 0.8 release
> >
> > 15/08: create 0.9.x branch, first beta
> > 22/08: 0.9 release candidate 1
> > 01/09: 0.9 release
> >
> > How does this sound?
>
>
> I think that is still the plan, correct?  If so, now is probably a good
> time to remind people that the 0.8.x branch is only a week away.
>
> I assume that the branch also corresponds to a feature freeze (is that
> correct?), so if y'all have things you want to get into 0.8, now is the
> time.
>
> Still the plan, thanks for the reminder Warren. Please get your new
features in by Saturday, on Sunday I'll create the 0.8 branch.

Cheers,
Ralf
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