[Numpy-discussion] Code Freeze for NumPy 1.7

[Paul Natsuo Kishimoto]

On Sat, 2012-07-14 at 17:45 -0500, Travis Oliphant wrote:
> Hey all, 
> 
> We are nearing a code-freeze for NumPy 1.7.   Are there any
> last-minute changes people are wanting to push into NumPy 1.7?  We
> should discuss them as soon as possible. 
> 
> I'm proposing a code-freeze at midnight UTC on July 18th (7:00pm CDT
> on July 17th).   This will allow the creation of beta releases of
> NumPy on the 18th of July. This is a few days later than originally
> hoped for --- largely due to unexpected travel schedules of Ondrej and
> I, but it does give people a few more days to get patches in.  Of
> course, we will be able to apply bug-fixes to the 1.7.x branch once
> the tag is made. 
> 
> If you have a pull-request that is not yet applied and would like to
> discuss it for inclusion, the time to do it is now. 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> -Travis


Bump for: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/351


As requested by njsmith, I gave a more detailed explanation and asked
the list for input at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/numpy-discussion@scipy.org/msg38306.html

There was one qualified negative reply and nothing (yet) further. I'd
appreciate if some other devs could weigh in.


Thanks,
-- 
Paul Natsuo Kishimoto

SM candidate, Technology & Policy Program (2012)
Research assistant,  http://globalchange.mit.edu
https://paul.kishimoto.name      +1 617 302 6105
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