Bug#1043240: transition: pandas 1.5 -> 2.1

[Julian Gilbey]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 08:50:55PM +0000, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote:
> On 22/01/2024 11:51, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > Please could we wait until the "Python 3.12 is a supported version"
> > transition is completed?
> 
> How are you defining that?  python3-defaults 3.11.6+ in testing?  (I was
> previously told 3.12-supporting pandas and numpy in testing, which has
> happened.  I don't think any of these 25 packages are on
> https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=python3-defaults , but I haven't
> checked carefully, and at least influxdb-python and tqdm do have what I
> suspect are Python 3.12 related issues.)

https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/python3.12-add.html

We're nearly there (the transition page says it's 99% done), and when
this transition is complete, then python3-defaults 3.11.6+ will be
able to migrate to testing.

I don't fully understand the problem with transitions, but there was a
request to hold back with significant upgrades until a
python3.12-supporting python3-defaults has reached testing.

> > Adding another 25 or so RC bugs at this
> > point will just slow down that transition.
> 
> What exactly do you want not done until then?   Just not uploading pandas
> 2.x to unstable, or is it also a problem to have these bugs marked as RC in
> the BTS?  (In all 22 cases that are in testing at all, the bug is also
> present in the version in testing, so it being RC shouldn't block
> migration.)

Yes - please don't upload it to unstable yet.  Uploading to
experimental is fine.

> > (Unless pandas 1.5 is
> > preventing the transition, that is.)
> 
> It isn't.

Good!

   Julian