RLS: 0.20.0

[jorisvandenbossche]

We are nearing the 0.20.0 release, so opening an issue to track this.

Remaining issues/PRs with the 0.20 tag: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/milestones/0.20.0
If there are other remaining things, time to speak up

cc @pandas-dev/pandas-core

[jorisvandenbossche]

Current target for the release candidate is this Friday I think, @TomAugspurger ?

[TomAugspurger]

Yep, that's the goal.

[jreback]

this is just an RC this friday. We prob need 2 or more weeks for that.

[jorisvandenbossche]

yep, that is what I meant, sorry for the confusion

[TomAugspurger]

Doing the RC tonight or early tomorrow. Of the remaining issues, #16088 is a blocker and #16086 would be nice. Any I am missing?

@jreback do you have a preference on tagging v0.21.dev immediately after tagging the RC, versus waiting to tag v0.21.dev until the full 0.20 release? If we tag 0.21.dev now then we can merge whatever we want into master, and I'll just backport whatever needs to be backported between now and the 0.20 release.

[jreback]

no those are fine. I'll have a look in a few.

hmm it feels weird to tag 0.21.dev before 0.20.0.

[jorisvandenbossche]

hmm it feels weird to tag 0.21.dev before 0.20.0.

I don't think there is anything strange about that. It is just a practical choice to make about when we branch the 0.20.x branch (the tagging is just a consequence of that): now with the rc, or only after the final release.

For me both options are OK. Branching now makes it a bit easier for progressing / merging PRs (we have to be less concerned about which PR we merge, or which has to wait until 0.20 is out), but is more work for Tom to backport.

[jorisvandenbossche]

@TomAugspurger there are still some doc issues open for 0.20, but you don't have to be too concerned about them, as for rc's we typically point to the dev docs which are further updated (I mean, tagging the rc does not freeze the docs, as it is with the final release)

[jreback]

ok open to whatever tagging makes sense.

yeah doc issues certainly can be done after (as well as a small number of additional fixes, already marked for 0.20.0). mainly the sorting one.

[jreback]

@TomAugspurger ok all of the things on my list are merged.

[TomAugspurger]

👍 Building now and testing locally. I'll probably tag tonight.

Conda-forge hasn't settled on pre-release stuff yet, so I'll probably wait till tomorrow to make announcements (have to finish setting up this windows VM).

[jreback]

ok lmk if u need anything
though won't be around most of tomorrow

[TomAugspurger]

Ok, tagged and made the release on github. Doing all the conda stuff and mailing list announcements tomorrow.