🐺 v3.6.x

[bjlittle]

Manager	Buddy	Feature Branch	Project
@bjlittle	@ESadek-MO	v3.6.x

Minor Release	Status	Date	RTD	Release	conda-forge	PyPI
v3.6.0rc0		02-05-2023	Docs	v3.6.0rc0	rc_iris	scitools-iris (--pre)
v3.6.0		17-05-2023 + 1 day	Docs	v3.6.0	iris	scitools-iris

Patch Release	Status	Date	RTD	Release	conda-forge	PyPI
v3.6.1		26-06-2023	Docs	v3.6.1	iris	scitools-iris

[rcomer]

Any thoughts on dropping python 3.8 support for this release? It already fell off the the NEP29 schedule.
https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html

[bjlittle]

@rcomer Already done! Thanks to you 🤩

[bjlittle]

The iris minor release candidate v3.6.0rc0 is now available. All feedback welcome 🎉

We've scheduled a 2 week window for the community to provide feedback before we tag the v3.6.0 minor release on 17-05-2023.

Enjoy 🍻

[bouweandela]

Thanks @bjlittle! Maybe the release notes could stress the added support for using the Dask distributed scheduler a bit more. This will make it possible to run iris on Dask clusters, which should benefit anyone who has a large amount of data to crunch.

[bjlittle]

Good call 👍

Will do, thanks!

[bjlittle]

Apologies, but after an unexpected delay of 1 day, I'm starting to crank the handle on the iris 3.6.0 release...

[bjlittle]

iris v3.6.0 is now officially out there... come get some!

Enjoy 🥳

[bjlittle]

Thanks for being an awesome release buddy @ESadek-MO ❤️

[schlunma]

These are PRs which are relevant for a potential bugfix release from ESMValTool devs:

• Fix concatenation of cubes with aux factories #5340
• Avoid realising auxiliary coordinates in concatenate #5142
• Make weighted aggregation lazy again #5341
• Fix #5347 #5349

Thanks all, we really appreciate your support ❤️

[bjlittle]

@schlunma Do you need all of these PRs banked for your ESMValTool 2.9.0 release?

Those that you do need merged and available in an iris 3.6.1 release should all target the v3.6.x feature release branch instead of main.

I'm assuming that you can't wait until iris 3.7.0, which is scheduled for release in Aug'23, right?

[bjlittle]

@schlunma and @bouweandela

Please use this GH Discussion to coordinate any PRs that you wish to be included in an iris 3.6.1 release 👍

[schlunma]

@schlunma Do you need all of these PRs banked for your ESMValTool 2.9.0 release?

Yes!

Those that you do need merged and available in an iris 3.6.1 release should all target the v3.6.x feature release branch instead of main.

Just did that for #5340 and #5341. @sloosvel could you do the same for #5142 if you want that included in 3.6.1, please?

Thanks so much @bjlittle!!

[bjlittle]

@bouweandela @schlunma @valeriupredoi @sloosvel

iris v3.6.1 is now available, happy testing!

Hope your esmvaltool release is now unblocked 👍

[schlunma]

Thank you so much for your continuous support, that's highly appreciated ❤️