[SciPy-User] ANN: SciPy 1.0 beta release

[Ralf Gommers]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 8:58 PM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Joe Harrington <jh at physics.ucf.edu>
> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:48:35 +1200 Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm excited to be able to announce the availability of the first beta
>> > release of Scipy 1.0.
>> >
>> [I won't quote the entire release notes!]
>>
>> Awesome news, looooong in the making!
>>
>> The number of deprecations and removals is understandably large.
>> I think we need a centralized resource for navigating deprecations,
>> removals, and changes.  It could be a simple web page, or a more
>> involved database.  It should list the change, give or link to the
>> rationale, and state the date and package version number.  Most
>> importantly, it should give the suggested replacement(s).
>>
>> Googling "scipy deprecation" found only this page, plus a bunch of
>> release notes and discussions.  The page was last updated on Jan 16,
>> 2017, and is limited to C-API deprecations:
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>> https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-dev/reference/c-api.deprecations.html
>>
>> Even once such a document/page/searchable database exists, many will be
>> unaware of it, or not know where to find it, so referring to it at the
>> top of any list of deprecations/removals would be good.
>>
>> Once it exists, deprecations could be entered before being implemented,
>> and deprecation warnings could refer to an index number in this
>> resource, where the user could go for more information on how to fix the
>> issue.
>>
>
> Thanks for your thoughts Joe! I'm not sure a database is the way to go,
> but you make a good point. We have to guide users a bit more in what to do
> about deprecations. I think clear instructions about upgrading in both the
> html docs and release announcements would be useful. I don't think there's
> many users who run ``python -Wd my_code.py`` .(making depreacations that
> affect your code visible) ....
>

Done in https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/7947

Ralf
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