[yt-dev] 2.5 release

[Anthony Scopatz]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:42 AM, John ZuHone <jzuhone at gmail.com> wrote:

> My vote is for 2.5 to be the last 2.x release. I also agree with Cameron's
> suggestion that we wait until after Enzo 2.2.
>

+1


>
> John ZuHone
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>
> On Nov 26, 2012, at 6:39 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Nathan,
> >
> > Thanks for starting this discussion!
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 2:53 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
> >
> > Wow, that *is* a lot.  One thing I am struggling with is that many of
> > these things aren't done -- but "done" is such a fickle concept that
> > maybe it's okay that we keep going.
> >
> >>
> >> 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?
> >
> > Well, my preference is that 2.5 be the end of the line, but I think if
> > we release 2.5 now, we can probably also pull off a 2.6.
> >
> > I'm working this morning on other projects, but this afternoon I'm
> > going to be posting documentation of where the 3.0 development is, and
> > what remains to be done before development can be moved over.  Last
> > week, Nathan, Stephen and I found a couple issues that required a bit
> > more thought, and I've been largely sidelined since then.  The big
> > things:
> >
> > 1) Ensuring that particle support is totally shored up
> > 2) Covering grids, which need to be implemented (although I think I
> > now have an idea the best way to do so)
> >
> > I'm going to write this afternoon with planning documents, following
> > on the discussion we had a few weeks ago.
> >
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> > This is a great idea.  I would really like to encourage people to
> > blog, by the way -- we get a surprising amount of traffic, and I think
> > it's a good way to get the word out about things like the plot window.
> > And since you can use the notebook to do it, that just makes it
> > easier.
> >
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> > I think the release push for Enzo is taking a lot more energy than a
> > similarly timed release push for yt, but I understand where Cameron is
> > coming from in suggesting we hold off.  So maybe what we *could* do is
> > file tickets for the items (docs in particular) that need to be
> > changed and then once Enzo is out the door address the rest.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Nathan
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