[Numpy-discussion] 1.5 release schedule proposal

[Kurt Smith]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Ralf Gommers
<ralf.gommers at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> For numpy 1.5.0 no one has yet said they have urgent changes that need to go
> in. If you do, please reply with the what and why. If nothing big has to go
> in, I propose the following release schedule:
>
> Aug 1 : beta 1
> Aug 15: rc 1
> Aug 22: rc 2
> Aug 29: release
>
> Please note that the branch has been created already, so no new features
> should go in anymore.
>
> If you have urgent tickets, please let's hear those as well. My small
> laundry list is pasted below.
>
> 1242 (no tests for matlib)
> 1343 (OS X build error)
> 1124 (remove string exceptions)
> 1416 (frompyfunc segfault)
> 1088 (add cython/swig examples)
>
> 1502 (msvc, isnan patch)
> 1499 (msvc, ldexp patch)
> 1438 (trapz patch)
> 1491 (str comparison patch)
> 1164 (distutils, fcompiler/pg.py patch)
> 1448 (distutils, Intel compiler detection patch)

Would it be possible for this ticket to get a review?  It's really a
PITA working around it, and it's been sitting there for over a year:

http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/ticket/796

Basically the 'wrap' mode for handling out-of-bounds indexing in
ndimage functions is completely broken.  The test suite tests for the
wrong behavior.

Kurt