[IPython-dev] Notebook format "incompatible" changes

[Brian Granger]

Matthias,

Thanks for posting here about these changes!

And thanks to the whole team (esp Min) for working on all of this!

Cheers,

Brian

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Matthias Bussonnier
<bussonniermatthias at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Jovyans and other beings from Jupyter galilean moons system,
>
>
> I'm writing to you to warn that on Monday (probably morning) a relatively
> important change
> in IPython will land on master. In particular it does change the notebook
> structure quite a bit.
>
> Cf https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/6045 for more information.
>
> As nothing is ever perfect, please do back-up your notebooks before
> upgrading. With this new update,
> saved notebook of this new of IPython version won't be compatible with
> older IPython anymore, nor will nbviewer be able to render them.
>
> The new notebook format will be back-ported on older (2.x) version of
> IPython and the new notebook format
> will be supported on nbviewer, we will just need a few days to port all the
> changes.
>
> There is of course be a way to manually downgrade the notebook from v4 to v3
> using nbconvert.
>
> Eventually the more adventurous can test the branch this week-end.
>
> As usual, be prepared for data loss and bugs, so update your git branches,
> refresh submodules, clear your browser caches, roll up your sleeves, and
> send bug reports.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Matthias
>
>
>
>
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