DOC: add release notes to whatsnew

Author: Chang She

doc/source/v0.9.0.txt

@@ -1,36 +1,34 @@
-.. _whatsnew_090:
+.. _whatsnew_0900:
 
 v0.9.0 (September 25, 2012)
-------------------------
+---------------------------
 
 This is a major release from 0.8.1 and includes several new features and
 enhancements along with a large number of bug fixes. New features include
 vectorized unicode encoding/decoding for `Series.str`, `to_latex` method to
-DataFrame, more flexible parsing of boolean values, and enabling downloading
+DataFrame, more flexible parsing of boolean values, and enabling the download of
 options data from Yahoo! Finance.
 
 New features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-  - Add ``str.encode`` and ``str.decode`` for unicode handling to
-    :ref:`vectorized string processing methods <basics.string_methods>`
-	in Series  (GH1706_)
-  - Add `DataFrame.to_latex` method (GH1735_)
+  - Add ``encode`` and ``decode`` for unicode handling to :ref:`vectorized
+    string processing methods <basics.string_methods>` in Series.str  (GH1706_)
+  - Add ``DataFrame.to_latex`` method (GH1735_)
   - Add convenient expanding window equivalents of all rolling_* ops (GH1785_)
   - Add Options class to pandas.io.data for fetching options data from Yahoo!
     Finance (GH1748_, GH1739_)
-  - More flexible text parsing of boolean values (Yes, No, TRUE,
-    FALSE, and variants thereof) (GH1691_, GH1295_)
+  - More flexible parsing of boolean values (Yes, No, TRUE, FALSE, etc)
+    (GH1691_, GH1295_)
 
 API changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
   - Deprecated ``day_of_year`` API removed from PeriodIndex, use ``dayofyear``
     (GH1723_)
   - Don't modify NumPy suppress printoption at import time
-  - The internal HDF5 data arrangement for DataFrames has been
-    transposed. Legacy files will still be readable by HDFStore
-	(GH1834_, GH1824_)
+  - The internal HDF5 data arrangement for DataFrames has been transposed.
+    Legacy files will still be readable by HDFStore (GH1834_, GH1824_)
   - Legacy cruft removed: pandas.stats.misc.quantileTS
   - Use ISO8601 format for Period repr: monthly, daily, and on down (GH1776_)
   - Empty DataFrame columns are now created as object dtype. This will prevent
@@ -39,8 +37,8 @@ API changes
     results) (GH1783_)
   - Setting parts of DataFrame/Panel using ix now aligns input Series/DataFrame
     (GH1630_)
-  - `first` and `last` methods in `GroupBy` no longer drop non-numeric columns
-    (GH1809_)
+  - ``first`` and ``last`` methods in ``GroupBy`` no longer drop non-numeric
+    columns (GH1809_)
   - Resolved inconsistencies in specifying custom NA values in text parser.
     `na_values` of type dict no longer override default NAs unless
     `keep_default_na` is set to false explicitly (GH1657_)
@@ -49,3 +47,19 @@ API changes
 See the `full release notes
 <https://github.com/pydata/pandas/blob/master/RELEASE.rst>`__ or issue tracker
 on GitHub for a complete list.
+
+.. _GH1706: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1706
+.. _GH1735: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1735
+.. _GH1785: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1785
+.. _GH1748: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1748
+.. _GH1739: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1739
+.. _GH1691: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1691
+.. _GH1295: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1295
+.. _GH1723: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1723
+.. _GH1834: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1834
+.. _GH1824: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1824
+.. _GH1776: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1776
+.. _GH1783: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1783
+.. _GH1630: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1630
+.. _GH1809: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1809
+.. _GH1657: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/1657

doc/source/whatsnew.rst

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ What's New
 
 These are new features and improvements of note in each release.
 
+.. include:: v0.9.0.txt
+
 .. include:: v0.8.1.txt
 
 .. include:: v0.8.0.txt