On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Ondrej Certik <ond...@certik.cz> wrote: > 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 >
Yes, that is what was decided. I can dig up the old discussions if you are interested. Aaron Meurer -- 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.
