WinPython December 2014 release (2014-12-14)

Highlights

• Spyder 2.3.2 (with improved tutorial)
• updated packages: pandas 0.15.2, statsmodels 0.6.1, seaborn 0.5.1
• python 2.7.9 (december 10th)
• standardized Compiler Toolchain on mingw64 static (also for WinPython 32bit)
• NEW Pulp Package: solves linear problems (example: finding the nearest habitable planet)
• NEW OpenBLAS (optimized Linear Algebra library, for use by mingw64)
• BUG FIX: Scipy fix for Win32 by a rollback to Numpy1.8.2

History of changes for WinPython December 2014

The following changes were made to WinPython distribution of November 2014

Tools

Upgraded packages:

• MinGW32 4.8.1 → 4.9.2 (C/C++ and Fortran compilers (http://www.mingw.org for 32-bit) (https://github.com/numpy/numpy/wiki/Mingw-static-toolchain for 64bit))

Python packages

New packages:

• PuLP 1.5.6 (PuLP is an LP modeler written in python. PuLP can generate MPS or LP files and call GLPK, COIN CLP/CBC, CPLEX, and GUROBI to solve linear problems)
• tqdm 1.0 (A Simple Python Progress Meter)

Downgraded packages: (on Win32)

• numpy-MKL 1.9.1 → 1.8.2 (NumPy: multidimensional array processing for numbers, strings, records and objects (SciPy''s core module))

Upgraded packages:

• PyQt4 4.10.4 → 4.11.3 (Python bindings for the Qt cross platform GUI toolkit)
• Pygments 1.6 → 2.0.1 (Generic syntax highlighter for general use in all kinds of software)
• XlsxWriter 0.6.2 → 0.6.4 (A Python module for creating Excel XLSX files.)
• astroid 1.2.1 → 1.3.2 (Rebuild a new abstract syntax tree from Python's ast (required for pylint))
• db.py 0.3.1 → 0.3.5 (a db package that doesn't suck)
• joblib 0.8.3_r1 → 0.8.4 (Lightweight pipelining: using Python functions as pipeline jobs.)
• julia 0.1.1.5 → 0.1.1.6 (Python interface to the Julia language)
• logilab-common 0.62.1 → 0.63.2 (Collection of low-level Python packages and modules used by Logilab projects (required for pylint))
• lxml 3.4.0 → 3.4.1 (Powerful and Pythonic XML processing library combining libxml2/libxslt with the ElementTree API.)
• pandas 0.15.1 → 0.15.2 (Powerful data structures for data analysis, time series and statistics)
• psutil 2.1.1 → 2.1.3 (Provides an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, disk, memory, network) in a portable way)
• pylint 1.3.1 → 1.4.0 (Logilab code analysis module: analyzes Python source code looking for bugs and signs of poor quality)
• python-dateutil 2.2 → 2.3 (Powerful extensions to the standard datetime module)
• pytz 2014.7 → 2014.10 (World Timezone Definitions for Python)
• requests 2.4.3 → 2.5.0 (Requests is an Apache2 Licensed HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings.)
• rpy2 2.4.4 → 2.5.2 (Python interface to the R language (embedded R))
• seaborn 0.4.0 → 0.5.1 (statistical data visualization)
• setuptools 5.8 → 7.0 (Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages - easily)
• spyder 2.3.1 → 2.3.2 (Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment: designed for interactive computing and data visualisation with a simple and intuitive user interface)
• sqlparse 0.1.13 → 0.1.14 (Non-validating SQL parser)
• statsmodels 0.6.0 → 0.6.1 (Statistical computations and models for use with SciPy)
• sympy 0.7.5 → 0.7.6 (Symbolic Mathematics Library)