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IPython Documentation, Release 1.2.1: An Afternoon Hack
Further, MPIExec launcher names are now prefixed with just MPI, to better match other batch launchers, and be generally more intuitive. The MPIExec names are deprecated, but continue to work.
• For embedding a shell, note that the parameters user_global_ns and global_ns have been
deprectated in favour of user_module and module respsectively. The new parameters expect a
module-like object, rather than a namespace dict. The old parameters remain for backwards compatibility, although user_global_ns is now ignored. The user_ns parameter works the same way
as before, and calling embed() with no arguments still works as before.
Development summary and credits
The previous version (IPython 0.11) was released on July 31 2011, so this release cycle was roughly 4 1/2
months long, we closed a total of 515 issues, 257 pull requests and 258 regular issues (a detailed list is
available).
Many users and developers contributed code, features, bug reports and ideas to this release. Please do not
hesitate in contacting us if we’ve failed to acknowledge your contribution here. In particular, for this release
we have had commits from the following 45 contributors, a mix of new and regular names (in alphabetical
order by first name):
• Alcides <alcides-at-do-not-span-me.com>
• Ben Edwards <bedwards-at-cs.unm.edu>
• Benjamin Ragan-Kelley <benjaminrk-at-gmail.com>
• Benjamin Thyreau <benjamin.thyreau-at-gmail.com>
• Bernardo B. Marques <bernardo.fire-at-gmail.com>
• Bernard Paulus <bprecyclebin-at-gmail.com>
• Bradley M. Froehle <brad.froehle-at-gmail.com>
• Brian E. Granger <ellisonbg-at-gmail.com>
• Christian Boos <cboos-at-bct-technology.com>
• Daniel Velkov <danielv-at-mylife.com>
• Erik Tollerud <erik.tollerud-at-gmail.com>
• Evan Patterson <epatters-at-enthought.com>
• Felix Werner <Felix.Werner-at-kit.edu>
• Fernando Perez <Fernando.Perez-at-berkeley.edu>
• Gabriel <g2p.code-at-gmail.com>
• Grahame Bowland <grahame-at-angrygoats.net>
• Hannes Schulz <schulz-at-ais.uni-bonn.de>
• Jens Hedegaard Nielsen <jenshnielsen-at-gmail.com>
• Jonathan March <jmarch-at-enthought.com>
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