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@jreback jreback released this 11 May 01:19
· 23259 commits to main since this release

This is a minor bug-fix release from 0.16.0 and includes a a large number of
bug fixes along several new features, enhancements, and performance improvements.
We recommend that all users upgrade to this version.

Highlights include:

  • Support for a CategoricalIndex, a category based index, see here
  • New section on how-to-contribute to pandas, see here
  • Revised "Merge, join, and concatenate" documentation, including graphical examples to make it easier to understand each operations, see here
  • New method sample for drawing random samples from Series, DataFrames and Panels. See here
  • The default Index printing has changed to a more uniform format, see here
  • BusinessHour datetime-offset is now supported, see here
  • Further enhancement to the .str accessor to make string operations easier, see here

See the full whatsnew here