Re: transition: pandas 1.1 -> 1.3

[Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net>]

On 11 November 2021 5:44:09 am IST, Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org> wrote:
>On 2021-11-10 20:19, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote:
>> Source: pandas
>> 
>> On 10/11/2021 17:14, Andreas Tille wrote:
>>> pandas is lagging behind upstream by several versions.  I guess we
>>> should try to get in sync with upstream a bit more.
>> 
>> Yes, but please don't upload this yet: it's common for a pandas
>> upgrade to break reverse dependencies.
>
>
>If the new pandas builds successfully, then certainly upload it to experimental first.  We can test dependencies from there.

That makes sense, but other than that, I'd really recommend also to build the reverse-"build"-deps with ruby-team/meta or ratt.

Uploading to experimental and checking Britney's pseudoexcuses would only warrant for failing autopkgtests in other packages because of new pandas.

Regards,
Nilesh