On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Aaron Meurer <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I am now off of classes, so my top priority is to get the release out. > My goal is to have the release out by the end of the month. > > There are some things that need to be done before the release: > > - Fix all blocking issues: > I have spent the past few days going through the > milestone-release0.7.0 issues > (http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list?q=label:Milestone-Release0.7.0) > and fixing many of them. If people can help review any that have > patches > (http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list?can=2&q=label%3AMilestone-Release0.7.0+label%3ANeedsReview), > that would help. Also, if people can help fix those that don't yet > have patches, that too would help. > > - Write release notes: > This is not going to be easy. There have been almost 2000 commits > since the last release (git describe --tags master). I have created > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Release-Notes-for-0.7.0. Please > help fill it out. This is the easiest thing that you can do if you > want to help with the release. Just go through the git log and see > what has changed, and put it in the notes. Don't worry about > formatting too much on that page; it will be converted to plain text > when it is released. The old release notes are at > http://code.google.com/p/sympy/wiki/Changes (eventually these will > need to be moved over to the new wiki, but that isn't really priority > right now).
Great idea. I'll help with the release notes + patches review as well. > > There are at least two major changes, which are the polys and quantum > code. I'd like to ask Mateusz and Brian and his students, > respectively, to write those sections. Are there any other major > changes? I don't remember. > > - If anyone knows of any major problems that need to be fixed (like a > test failure in master), please open an issue for it and mark it as > milestone-release0.7.0 (a patch would help too). > > - I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but at least these are the major > things. Once I get a release candidate out, I will need help testing > it, but that will not come until we fix all the blocking issues. > > GSoC students, this is great community bonding exercise. And since > all of you have submitted a patch for this release for the first time, > once we get the release out, you will have your names out there in the > AUTHORS file and the release notes. Btw, will we drop python2.4 after this release? Ondrej -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
