[yt-dev] 2.5 release

[Cameron Hummels]

I say hold off on yt 2.5 release discussions until a week after enzo point
release is done, but yes, potentially a release seems possible before the
holiday break.

Cameron


On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A lot of really great work has already or is just about to be been merged
> into yt since we did our last release in August.  Just a few examples:
>
> Unit Tests and improved answer tests with continuous integration
> Rockstar
> Numerous PlotWindow fixes and improvements
> Improved Athena support
> spherical and cylindrical coordinates and vector coordinate transformations
> Particle support for FLASH data
> Limited support for generating GDF initial conditions
> Improved support for 2D FLASH data.
> PlotWindow TimeSeries interface
> Numerous bug fixes
>
> The obvious holdup to a release is the number of open issues marked for
> 2.5.  I think the idea was to make the 2.5 release the last in the 2.X
> series before moving all development over to yt 3.0.  Is that still the
> plan?  Is it possible to get a 2.5 release out while delaying the end of
> 2.X development to a 2.6 release?
>
> The reason I bring all this up is mostly for the plot window fixes - we've
> improved it a lot since August and I think it's much more usable now.
>  Perhaps a new release and a blog post about the new plotting interface
> will encourage more people to switch over.
>
> I'm curious what everyone thinks about this.  I know many of you are busy
> with the enzo 2.2 release and probably don't want to make another big push
> so soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nathan
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