DOC: whatsnew for 0.18.0 cycle

doc/source/release.rst

@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ analysis / manipulation tool available in any language.
 * Binary installers on PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pandas
 * Documentation: http://pandas.pydata.org
 
+pandas 0.18.0
+-------------
+
+**Release date:** (January ??, 2016)
+
+This is a major release from 0.17.1 and includes a small number of API changes, several new features,
+enhancements, and performance improvements along with a large number of bug fixes. We recommend that all
+users upgrade to this version.
+
+Highlights include:
+
+See the :ref:`v0.17.0 Whatsnew <whatsnew_0180>` overview for an extensive list
+of all enhancements and bugs that have been fixed in 0.17.1.
+
+Thanks
+~~~~~~
+
 pandas 0.17.1
 -------------
 

doc/source/whatsnew.rst

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ What's New
 
 These are new features and improvements of note in each release.
 
+.. include:: whatsnew/v0.18.0.txt
+
 .. include:: whatsnew/v0.17.1.txt
 
 .. include:: whatsnew/v0.17.0.txt

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.0.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+.. _whatsnew_0180:
+
+v0.18.0 (January ??, 2016)
+--------------------------
+
+This is a major release from 0.17.1 and includes a small number of API changes, several new features,
+enhancements, and performance improvements along with a large number of bug fixes. We recommend that all
+users upgrade to this version.
+
+Highlights include:
+
+Check the :ref:`API Changes <whatsnew_0180.api>` and :ref:`deprecations <whatsnew_0180.deprecations>` before updating.
+
+.. contents:: What's new in v0.18.0
+    :local:
+    :backlinks: none
+
+.. _whatsnew_0180.enhancements:
+
+New features
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_0180.enhancements.other:
+
+Other enhancements
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_0180.api:
+
+.. _whatsnew_0180.api_breaking:
+
+Backwards incompatible API changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Other API Changes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_0180.deprecations:
+
+Deprecations
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_0180.prior_deprecations:
+
+Removal of prior version deprecations/changes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_0180.performance:
+
+Performance Improvements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_0180.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~