xlrd 0.9.2 released!

[Chris Withers]

Hi All,

I'm pleased to announce the release of xlrd 0.9.2:

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.9.2

This release includes the following changes:

- Fix some packaging issues that meant docs and examples were missing
from the tarball.

- Fixed a small but serious regression that caused problems opening
.xlsx files.

If you find any problems, please ask about them on the
python...@googlegroups.com list, or submit an issue on GitHub:

https://github.com/python-excel/xlrd/issues

Full details of all things Python and Excel related can be found here:

http://www.python-excel.org/

cheers,

Chris

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[Chris Withers]

On 26/04/2013 20:37, Ondrej Ján wrote:
> If users have python-xlrd installed, package maintainer should release
> only updates, which are API compatible with older versions.

Right, the only API change between 0.6 and 0.9 is the removal of the
'pickleable' parameter to open_workbook. However, this was removed
because it hadn't worked in a long long time.

> Both Fedora and CentOS has python>=2.6, python3 is available for Fedora
> too (no plans to release python3-xlrd now).

xlrd 0.9 and above works with both python2 and python3 as-is.

> So can I release an update for all my Linux distributions with backward
> compatibility of this package? xlrd-0.8 was requested for xlsx support.

I would suggest just going for 0.9.2.

> Are there some howtos describing upgrading applications using xlrd
> to newer versions? These documents can help me to choose, if I can release
> an update.

There aren't any, because there are no changes. Applications written for
0.6.x will still work without change when using 0.9.2.

[Ondrej Ján]

Hello,

Fedora is an Linux distribution maintained by Red Hat.
(www.fedoraproject.org). EPEL are packages fro Red Hat Enterprise Linux
and CentOS Linux distribution. As an maintainer I am creating and updating
packages available for these distributions.

If users have python-xlrd installed, package maintainer should release
only updates, which are API compatible with older versions.

Both Fedora and CentOS has python>=2.6, python3 is available for Fedora
too (no plans to release python3-xlrd now).

So can I release an update for all my Linux distributions with backward
compatibility of this package? xlrd-0.8 was requested for xlsx support.

Are there some howtos describing upgrading applications using xlrd
to newer versions? These documents can help me to choose, if I can release
an update.

Thank you

SAL

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 06:47:08PM +0100, Chris Withers wrote:
> Hi Ondrej,
>
> I don't know what a Fedora/EPEL update is.
>
> If you're going to have two versions, I would suggest:
>
> 0.7.9 - for backwards compatibility with Python 2.5 and less, and
> older 0.6 and 0.7 xlrd releases.
>
> 0.9.2 - for Python 3 support, and with the latest and greatest features.
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>
> On 23/04/2013 12:24, Ondrej Ján wrote:
> >Hello. Can you please tell me, how compatible is this version with older
> >versions? In Fedora/CentOS we have versions 0.7 and 0.6. Can I release
> >and Fedora/EPEL update to 0.9.2?
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >SAL
> >
> >Dňa utorok, 9. apríla 2013 21:38:30 UTC+2 Chris Withers napísal(-a):

> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce the release of xlrd 0.9.2:
> >
> > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.9.2
> > <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.9.2>
> >
> > This release includes the following changes:
> >
> > - Fix some packaging issues that meant docs and examples were missing
> > from the tarball.
> >
> > - Fixed a small but serious regression that caused problems opening
> > .xlsx files.
> >
> > If you find any problems, please ask about them on the

> > python...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> list, or submit an issue on

> > GitHub:
> >
> > https://github.com/python-excel/xlrd/issues
> > <https://github.com/python-excel/xlrd/issues>
> >
> > Full details of all things Python and Excel related can be found here:
> >
> > http://www.python-excel.org/
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > --
> > Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting
> > - http://www.simplistix.co.uk
> >

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