release date: 2019-07

Expected:

• geopandas-0.5,
• scipy-1.3, statsmodels-0.10.0, scikit-learn-0.21.2, matplotlib-3.1.1
• Pytorch-1.1.0, Tensorflow-1.14.0
• altair-3.1
• Jupyterlab-1.0.0

Focus of the release:

• minimalistic WinPython-3.8.0.0b2 to follow Python-3.8 & sqlite-3.28 progress
• builds are now created with 7zip auto-unzip, to allow end-users to unpack them with their own 7zip.
• simplify further the build process, to be able to move to the cloud:
  • remove dead wood: msi, PyQt4,ffmpeg,
  • remove dead wood: thg, run_required_first,
  • remove dead wood: non-pip package installation methods in wppm,
  • remove dead wood: directory-based package installation method in make.py
• experiment with Spyder4-beta2 (the modernization)

postponed: (next cycle only)

• pandas-0.25 (is end summer)
• simplify python binary directory-based installation process in make.py
• simplify winpython wheel build process (since a long time, python version independant),
• split in steps to remove need for an initial Python environnment.

remark:

• not sure if a big 32bit version will make sense at the end of 2019