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https://github.com/astropy/astropy/pull/4920 - @mhvk @StuartLittlefair @eteq\r\n* [x] Auto-downloading of IERS-A data - https://github.com/astropy/astropy/pull/4436 - @taldcroft @mhvk @eteq\r\n\r\nOther to-dos for the release:\r\n\r\n* [ ] Backport any PRs milestoned as v1.2.0 merged after the feature freeze (mostly bug and documentation fixes, and maybe a couple of feature PRs from the list above)\r\n* [ ] Release and update astropy-helpers in astropy and package-template if needed\r\n* [ ] Update list of contributors\r\n* [ ] Write 'what's new in 1.2'\r\n* [ ] Do a v1.0.x release\r\n* [ ] Clean up changelog - @astrofrog\r\n* [ ] Update release tooling/instructions for latest procedures\r\n\r\nOne question is, do we actually bother doing another bugfix release in the v1.1.x branch, or do we just move those changelog entries to v1.2.0?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/astropy/astropy/issues/comments/219801378","html_url":"https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/4395#issuecomment-219801378","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/astropy/astropy/issues/4395","id":219801378,"user":{"login":"mhvk","id":2789820,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2789820?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk","html_url":"https://github.com/mhvk","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhvk/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-17T17:59:01Z","updated_at":"2016-05-17T17:59:01Z","body":"OK, I see what the problem is: in 1.0, we still supported tuples for powers, and this commit breaks it. Frankly, given how small of a problem this solved, I'd argue for just not backporting."}}