[QGIS-Developer] pandas not included in 3.30.0 RC Windows installer

[Benjamin Jakimow]

Hi Joeri,

I just checked the OSGeo4W Network installer 
(https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#osgeo4w-installer) 
where pandas it still available:


Grertings,

Benjamin

Am 28.03.2023 um 10:35 schrieb Joeri van Engelen via QGIS-Developer:
>
> Hi,
>
> We’re developing and maintaining a plugin heavily relying on the 
> Python package ‘pandas’.
>
> About ~98% of our users are using Windows.
>
> Pandas was included in the Windows RC and LTR installers versions at 
> least from versions 3.18 to 3.28,
>
> (and probably even before that 
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/32212 ).
>
> With the OSGeo4W installer, users had to make sure to python3-pandas 
> was installed by checking the right box themselves,
>
> but this was no issue for us, since we saw this as an installation 
> procedure for more advanced users.
>
> It seems that pandas has been dropped in the 3.30 RC installer.
>
> https://github.com/Deltares/imod-qgis/issues/30#issuecomment-1485262436
>
> Which creates a hurdle for our new users, who are new to QGIS
>
> (more complex installation procedure with the OSGeo4W installer).
>
> My questions therefore are:
>
>   * Was it a conscious decision to drop the pandas package from the RC
>     installer? Or an accident?
>   * If conscious, what were the reasons to do this? (just out of interest)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joeri van Engelen
>
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