Bug#1043240: transition: pandas 1.5 -> 2.1

[Julian Gilbey]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 03:29:21PM +0000, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote:
> Control: severity 1053943 1053939 1053942 1044053 1044056 serious
> Control: severity 1044074 1053946 1044078 1044079 1044077 serious
> Control: severity 1044071 1044067 1044068 1044055 1044060 serious
> Control: severity 1044072 1044073 1044064 1053945 1044054 serious
> Control: severity 1044076 1053940 1044057 1053944 1050144 serious
> 
> As previously discussed in this bug, I'd like to move pandas 2.x into
> unstable reasonably soon.  I'm aiming to get it in before the Ubuntu 24.04
> freeze (in about a month), but I am open to disagreement on whether this is
> a good idea.

Please could we wait until the "Python 3.12 is a supported version"
transition is completed?  Adding another 25 or so RC bugs at this
point will just slow down that transition.  (Unless pandas 1.5 is
preventing the transition, that is.)

Best wishes,

   Julian