Planning our version 0.1 release about plasmapy HOT 11 CLOSED

Following semantic versioning your first release should be numbered 0.1 http://semver.org/#how-should-i-deal-with-revisions-in-the-0yz-initial-development-phase 0.1.1 would then be your first bug fix release and 1.0.0 would be for your first "major" release.

0.0.1 would be the first bug fix release for the 0.0 series, which means your first release should be 0.0.0 not 0.0.1 which is a little weird, hence the 0.1 not 0.0 ;)

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But zero-based indexing.... :P

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Sorry! Wrong button! 18th of January sounds good to me. And I think that list of features is a good starting point, perhaps with one or two more major-ish features added.

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#181 tries to handle this a bit. I'll keep this open for discussion, though.

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Space wombats...?

I'd say my approach at the simulation aspect can be 'working' in that timeframe, but not necessarily properly tested and verified. I think we should set a date for this as well, I think setting deadlines will help us push on with things and make sure we get regular releases out.

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I mean release version 0.0.0 if you want :D

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That is helpful, @Cadair! Following your suggestion, I will rename this issue so that we're discussing what to include in 0.1. Would December/January be a good time to tentatively plan for a 0.1 release?

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December/January sounds reasonable to me, depending on how much ends up going in it.

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I tentatively put January 18, 2018 as the v0.1 due date, though this is arbitrary so I am completely open to changing it (especially if there are meetings or other conflicts that core developers have). I'll probably regret it on January 17! 😿 We would probably want a feature freeze, beta release, and branch created a month before, and a release candidate a week before if we follow Astropy's stated practices.

Useful links:

• Astropy release schedule and version numbering - I'm happy to learn from Astropy and SunPy whenever possible!
• Emoji cheat sheet for GitHub and other sites

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Seeing as we're about a month away from tentative v0.1 milestone, it might be a good time to review what progress has been made, what needs to be done, and prioritize open issues.

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Seeing as we're about a month away from tentative v0.1 milestone, it might be a good time to review what progress has been made, what needs to be done, and prioritize open issues.

Welp.

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