Draft blog post for version 0.16.2 #58
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| Just a few weeks after our last release, we are releasing MDAnalysis version | ||
| 0.16.2. The [release notes][notes] list the full details of the changes in this | ||
| version. Like the previous one, this release is dedicated to fixing bugs. It |
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I wouldn't say it's dedicated to bug fixes, the point of it is the deprecations and we need to be loud about this
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| [`MDAnalysis.analysis.base.analysis_class`][analysis_class] function can be | ||
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| Quick selectors are also deprecated and will be removed in version 1.0. You can |
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Probably best to give examples of what these are and how to replace them
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| Finally, the global [flags][] will disappear in version 1.0 to be replaced with | ||
| more granular keyword arguments in the appropriate methods. | ||
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| Removing outdated code allows us to keep MDAnalysis robust and consistent. We |
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.. as we prepare for 1.0 where features will become frozen
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The interface is going to be frozen. We will hopefully add features.
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Thanks for starting this @jbarnoud , I've added some comments, but I might have time to get to them myself later
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I addressed a couple of comments. But what level of details should there be for the quick selector? We do not want to induce the use of them accidentally by advertising them to much in the blog post that explains there are going to disappear 😛 |
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Ha, I guess, it's just not immediately obvious what is meant by 'quick selectors'. You could use that feature but not know what we call it. |
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| The first feature to be deprecated is the [`Timeseries` module][timeseries] | ||
| that will be removed in version 0.17.0. The | ||
| [`MDAnalysis.analysis.base.analysis_class`][analysis_class] function can be | ||
| used to replace the deprecated `Timeseries`. |
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a link to the old 0.16.0 blog posts showing the class would be good here.
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| read the discussion in [issue 1377][issue_1377] to learn how to replace the | ||
| different selectors. | ||
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| Finally, the global [flags][] will disappear in version 1.0 to be replaced with |
Add new links and describe what quick selectors are.
….io into blog-0.16.2
- link to *instant selectors* (not "quick selectors"); for all the other deprecated features we link to docs so we should also do this for instant selectors - added a bit more justification for deprecation of instant selectors and flags - use http://doc.mdanalysis.org for links to docs - grammar fixes
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I edited the blog post through GH, please have a look, especially @richardjgowers given that you had already approved the prior version. |
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The blog looks good to me |
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