On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Thouis (Ray) Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 22:11, Ralf Gommers <[email protected]> > wrote: > > To be a bit more detailed here, these are the most significant pull > requests > > / patches that I think can be merged with a limited amount of work: > > meshgrid enhancements: http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/966 > > sample_from function: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/151 > > loadtable function: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/143 > > > > Other maintenance things: > > - un-deprecate putmask > > - clean up causes of "DType strings 'O4' and 'O8' are deprecated..." > > - fix failing einsum and polyfit tests > > - update release notes > > I'd suggest that, if possible, someone with sufficient knowledge to > evaluate it look at ticket #1990 (data truncation from arrays of > strings and integers), since it's both potentially dangerous, as well > as a new bug introduced between 1.5.1 and 1.6.1. It might be > straightforward to fix without too much difficulty, and if so, I think > it's probably worth it. > > My opinion might be unduly influenced by a collaborator having been > bitten by this bug recently, and having to throw away and redo a few > weeks of calculations and analysis. > > I wouldn't call that unduly influenced. Regressions should be the nr. 1 priority for a release, so this should certainly be looked at. I've added a 1.7.0 Milestone on Trac and put this ticket under it. If anyone knows of any other regressions, please do the same. Ralf
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