[Numpy-discussion] 1.9.0 release runup

Hi All, It is time to start looking forward to the 1.9.0 release. Currently there are some 76 open PRs and they keep rolling in, which is good, but we need to decide on what is important for 1.9 and what can be put off to 1.10 because otherwise we will never finish. The datetime problems and some of the deprecations/futurewarnings that were present in 1.8 need to be dealt with. The nanmedian stuff will make a nice addition to the nan functions. Apart from those, if you have a PR or fix that you think needs to be in 1.9, please make it known. Chuck