Hi Rebecca, On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 11:30:19PM +0100, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=950430 > > pandas 1.0 has been in experimental for 6+ months, because it breaks some of > its reverse dependencies: > > In testing: > #950924 python-feather-format (has patch, no maintainer response to it) > #950931 q2templates (has upstream fix) > #950929 python-biom-format (no known solution) > > Not in testing: > #950932 q2-types > #950933 q2-demux > > This is blocking at least one proposed new package (pymatgen #962268), and > making work when a new numpy/etc breaks the old pandas. On the other hand, > this year feels like a bad time to break bioinformatics packages.
I personally would voto for a soonish upload of the new pandas version. This gives more time to fix reverse dependencies before the freezw. > Ubuntu freezes this Thursday, but I suspect I may have left this too late > for that. I admit I have no idea how our uploads might influence the Ubuntu release. > Upstream have now released pandas 1.1, and I might go straight to that but > first need to check whether it breaks anything more. (It isn't supposed to > have API changes, but the new warnings may break fail-on-warning tests.) I think following upstream closely and fixing low popcon leaf packages after this is a sensible strategy. Thanks a lot for all your work Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de