release estimate: mid-august

expected:

• new packages:

  • python-3.6.3, python-3.5.4
  • spyder-notebook, spyder-terminal, spyder-reports
  • Vitables for Qt5.5+, moviepy, brotli,
  • datashader, mpl_scatter_density,
  • plotnine (replaces ggpy/ggplot)

• package updates:

  • spyder-3.2.1, numpy-1.13.1, scipy-0.19.1, pandas-0.20.3, matplotlib-2.0.2
  • holoviews-0.18.2, numba-0.34

infrastructure:

• separate changelog 32/64 bit (as 32 bit starts loosing many packages support in Q1 2017)
• switch from winpython.qt to winpython._vendor.Qtpy (prepare to pyside/pyside2)
• no more WinPython-2.7Zero
• new tools :
  • nodejs (needed for jupyterlab extensions)
  • ffmpeg (complementary to matplotlib/imageio/moviepy)

WinPython-201701 final is out, and is identical to rc.