[SciPy-Dev] Proposed SciPy 1.4.0 Release Schedule

[Tyler Reddy]

I branched maintenance/1.4.x at ~10 pm Mountain Time on Nov. 16/2019.

The SciPy master branch is now open for development of version 1.5.0.

Best wishes,
Tyler

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 22:38, Tyler Reddy <tyler.je.reddy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please do take a look at the release notes in preparation for 1.4.0
> branching:  https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/11061
>
> The number of pull requests is quite massive (347, I think), so it is a
> first draft, but I've transcribed the material from the wiki, made a
> no-doubt-controversial draft of release highlights, and tried to curate
> author names/mailmap based on the first round of contributor feedback (~144
> authors vs. 97 for 1.3.0).
>
> On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 21:28, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 7:35 PM Tyler Reddy <tyler.je.reddy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Alright, shall we aim for a two-day bump on the branching to Nov. 16th
>>> (Saturday)? I see we're at ~8 PRs with the milestone now, but I also still
>>> have to work on release notes, etc.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, that sounds good!
>>
>>
>>
>>> I'm also expecting one or two surprises to pop up in the wheels repo
>>> given major release + 3.8.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 20:21, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tyler, are you still planning to branch 1.4.x tomorrow? It looks
>>>> like there's no real blockers, but there's a bunch of stuff that people
>>>> seem to be scrambling to get in, so perhaps a 24-48 hour bump could be
>>>> useful.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ralf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 8:31 AM Tyler Reddy <tyler.je.reddy at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Down to 12 open PRs with 1.4.0 milestone--getting closer!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 21:40, Tyler Reddy <tyler.je.reddy at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We currently sit at 31 open PRs and 20 open issues with 1.4.0
>>>>>> milestone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's a substantial drop in PRs but a rise in issues since the last
>>>>>> accounting. Things got
>>>>>> a little hectic with Python 3.8 for 1.3.2, but hopefully the wheels
>>>>>> stuff is in good shape
>>>>>> for 1.4.x series now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Branching in about 5 days is ambitious, but let's aim to stay
>>>>>> reasonably on track if possible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 13:39, Matt Haberland <haberland at ucla.edu>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Re: 1.2.3 release, I did get a request in gh-10915
>>>>>>> <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/10915> for gh-10498
>>>>>>> <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/10498> to be backported to 1.2.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 8:47 AM Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 12:24 AM Tyler Reddy <
>>>>>>>> tyler.je.reddy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> SciPy 1.3.0 was released May 17 (5 months ago), and I think we'd
>>>>>>>>> like to keep a roughly biannual release cadence.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'd like to propose the following schedule for 1.4.0:
>>>>>>>>> - November 14: branch 1.4.x
>>>>>>>>> - November 17: rc1
>>>>>>>>> - December 1: rc2 (if needed)
>>>>>>>>> - December 10: final release
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sounds good to me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The arrival of Python 3.8 and simultaneous responsibility to get
>>>>>>>>> at least one more 1.2.x LTS Python 2.7 release out the door means things
>>>>>>>>> will probably be busy on the release front until 2020.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> True. I think supporting 3.8 is fairly high-prio, there's a lot of
>>>>>>>> demand for it. Doing a 1.3.2 release that supports it would make sense I
>>>>>>>> guess.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There don't seem to be any new commits on the 1.2.x branch nor
>>>>>>>> urgent Python 2.7 fixes that need to go out. So do we need a 1.2.3 release?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Ralf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As always, it is a good idea to start tagging things that should
>>>>>>>>> be in 1.4.0 & please do help with reviewing PRs/issues that are
>>>>>>>>> tagged--current counts are:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> - PRs: 40 open with 1.4.0 milestone
>>>>>>>>> - issues: 17 open with 1.4.0 milestone
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> While helping with that, also great if the release notes wiki is
>>>>>>>>> updated for appropriate changes:
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/scipy/scipy/wiki/Release-note-entries-for-SciPy-1.4.0
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Curating those final notes can be painful if the wiki isn't
>>>>>>>>> updated.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thoughts/objections for the schedule?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>>>>>> Tyler
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