Backport PR #40170: DOC: Start v1.2.4 release notes (#40172)

Co-authored-by: Simon Hawkins <[email protected]>

Author: meeseeksmachine

doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Version 1.2
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v1.2.4
    v1.2.3
    v1.2.2
    v1.2.1

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.3.rst

@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ Fixed regressions
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. contributors:: v1.2.2..v1.2.3|HEAD
+.. contributors:: v1.2.2..v1.2.3

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.4.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+.. _whatsnew_124:
+
+What's new in 1.2.4 (April ??, 2021)
+---------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 1.2.4. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_124.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_124.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_124.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_124.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v1.2.3..v1.2.4|HEAD