ANN: pandas v1.5.0

[Marc Garcia]

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce the release of pandas v1.5.0.

This release includes some new features, bug fixes and performance improvements.

See the release notes for a list of all the changes.

The release can be installed from PyPI

    python -m pip install --upgrade pandas==1.5.0

Or from conda-forge

    mamba install -c conda-forge pandas=1.5.0

Packages for ARM and PowerPC are still being built, and will be available in the next hours.

Please report any issues with the release on the pandas issue tracker.

This release has been made possible thanks to around 260 contributors. 22 being core developers, and around 70% being first time contributors. It has also been possible thanks to the organisations supporting the development of pandas: NumFOCUS, Two Sigma, Voltron Data, d-fine, Quansight, NVIDIA, Tidelift, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Bodo.