Keep Alpha Status for Now

No breaking changes this release and some planned to come.

Author: ax3l

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-0.8.0-beta
-----------
-**Date:** 2019-02-18
+0.8.0-alpha
+-----------
+**Date:** 2019-03-09
 
 Python mpi4py and Slice Support
 
-This release opens the "beta" phase of openPMD-api.
 We implemented MPI support for the Python frontend via ``mpi4py`` and added ``[]``-slice access to ``Record_Component`` loads and stores.
 A bug requiring write permissions for read-only series was fixed and memory provided by users is now properly checked for being contiguous.
 Introductory chapters in the manual have been greatly extended.

README.md

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Where supported, openPMD-api implements both serial and MPI parallel I/O capabil
 
 ### C++
 
-[![C++11][api-cpp]](https://isocpp.org/) ![C++11 API: Beta][dev-beta]
+[![C++11][api-cpp]](https://isocpp.org/) ![C++11 API: Alpha][dev-alpha]
 
 [api-cpp]: https://img.shields.io/badge/language-C%2B%2B11-yellowgreen.svg "C++11 API"
-[dev-beta]: https://img.shields.io/badge/phase-beta-yellowgreen.svg "Status: Beta"
+[dev-alpha]: https://img.shields.io/badge/phase-alpha-yellowgreen.svg "Status: Alpha"
 
 ```cpp
 #include <openPMD/openPMD.hpp>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ for( auto const& i : s.iterations ) {
 
 ### Python
 
-[![Python3][api-py3]](https://www.python.org/) ![Python3 API: Beta][dev-beta]
+[![Python3][api-py3]](https://www.python.org/) ![Python3 API: Alpha][dev-alpha]
 
 [api-py3]: https://img.shields.io/badge/language-Python3-yellowgreen.svg "Python3 API"
 

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = u'0.8.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'0.8.0-beta'
+release = u'0.8.0-alpha'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ openPMD-api version     supported openPMD standard versions
 ======================= ===================================
 ``1.0.0+``              ``1.0.1-1.1.0`` (not released yet)
 ``2.0.0+``              ``2.0.0+``      (not released yet)
-``0.8.0``        (beta) ``1.0.0-1.1.0``
-``0.1.0-0.7.1`` (alpha) ``1.0.0-1.1.0``
+``0.1.0-0.8.0`` (alpha) ``1.0.0-1.1.0``
 ======================= ===================================
 
 ************

include/openPMD/version.hpp

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_MINOR 8
 #define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_PATCH 0
-#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_LABEL "beta"
+#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_LABEL "alpha"
 
 // maximum supported version of the openPMD standard (read & write)
 #define OPENPMD_STANDARD_MAJOR 1

setup.py

@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
 #   https://packaging.python.org/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools
 setup(
     name='openPMD-api',
-    # note PEP-440 syntax: x.y.zbN but x.y.z.devN
-    version='0.8.0b',
+    # note PEP-440 syntax: x.y.zaN but x.y.z.devN
+    version='0.8.0a',
     author='Fabian Koller, Franz Poeschel, Axel Huebl',
     author_email='[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]',
     maintainer='Axel Huebl',
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
     # cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
     # platforms='any',
     classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
         'Natural Language :: English',
         'Environment :: Console',
         'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',