Version 1.10.0rc2

[jpivarski]

Bug-fixes

• fix: allow string arrays to merge without unions by @agoose77 in fix: allow string arrays to merge without unions #1671
• fix: carry parameters through broadcasting by @agoose77 in fix: carry parameters through broadcasting #1679

Other

• refactor: move categorical functions to operations by @agoose77 in refactor: move categorical functions to operations #1674
• chore: remove dev/build-awkward.sh by @agoose77 in chore: remove dev/build-awkward.sh #1675

Full Changelog: v1.10.0rc1...v1.10.0rc2

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This discussion was created from the release Version 1.10.0rc2.

[jpivarski]

@ivirshup and @grst, this release should have everything you need. When it's available (~4 hours), can you test it?

https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/actions/runs/3009821080

If not, we'll do an rc3 to try to get it stable before 1.10.0, which is also the last minor number before we split git branches into a v2-only and a v1-legacy branch (#1626). After that, 1.10.x will be taking v1 bug-fixes, and we'll be dismantling v1 from main to be able to release 2.0.0rc1. You'll eventually be moving to 2.0.0rcX, which should only require replacing

import awkward._v2 as ak

with

import awkward as ak

though there will likely be a time-gap between releasing 1.10.0 and 2.0.0rc1, as we handle all the issues of dismantling v1 from main. We'd be able to put bug-fixes into 1.10.1, etc., but hopefully just v1 bug-fixes, not v2 bug-fixes. (Because v2 bug-fixes would have to be merged into both main and main-v1.)

So that's why we want to ensure that 1.10.0 has everything you need, so that you're not waiting for a v2 bug-fix while we're stuck with a still-transitioning main branch.

[ivirshup]

Sorry for the late response here, had a bit of a surprise conference.

The 1.10.0rc3 looks to only decrease errors on our test suite! Not blocked from our side at the moment

[jpivarski]

awkward 1.10.0rc4 is ready for testing. If you have no new issues by tomorrow, I'll release 1.10.0.

@agoose77 has had a lot of success with the v1-removal so far (#1690), so maybe it won't be much of a gap between 1.10.0 and 2.0.0rc1 after all.

[jpivarski]

Unless there's any objection, I'm going to make the final 1.10.0 today, and then we'll start dismantling v1 from the main branch (meaning: get #1690 working and then apply it).

[jpivarski]

I'm going to release 1.10.0 (no rc) now.

[jpivarski]

(It's done.)