DOC: add release notes, whatsnew and consolidate replace API changes

Author: cpcloud

RELEASE.rst

@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ pandas 0.11.1
   - ``DataFrame.interpolate()`` is now deprecated. Please use
     ``DataFrame.fillna()`` and ``DataFrame.replace()`` instead (GH3582_,
     GH3675_, GH3676_).
+  - the ``method`` and ``axis`` arguments of ``DataFrame.replace()`` are
+    deprecated
+  - ``DataFrame.replace`` 's ``infer_types`` parameter is removed and now
+    performs conversion by default. (GH3907_)
   - Deprecated display.height, display.width is now only a formatting option
     does not control triggering of summary, similar to < 0.11.0.
   - Add the keyword ``allow_duplicates`` to ``DataFrame.insert`` to allow a duplicate column
@@ -141,6 +145,8 @@ pandas 0.11.1
     ``to_pickle`` instance method, ``save`` and ``load`` will give deprecation warning.  
   - the ``method`` and ``axis`` arguments of ``DataFrame.replace()`` are
     deprecated
+  - the ``method`` and ``axis`` arguments of ``DataFrame.replace()`` are
+    deprecated
   - Implement ``__nonzero__`` for ``NDFrame`` objects (GH3691_, GH3696_)
   - ``as_matrix`` with mixed signed and unsigned dtypes will result in 2 x the lcd of the unsigned
     as an int, maxing with ``int64``, to avoid precision issues (GH3733_)
@@ -236,6 +242,8 @@ pandas 0.11.1
   - Fix incorrect arguments passed to concat that are not list-like (e.g. concat(df1,df2)) (GH3481_)
   - Correctly parse when passed the ``dtype=str`` (or other variable-len string dtypes) in ``read_csv`` (GH3795_)
   - Fix index name not propogating when using ``loc/ix`` (GH3880_)
+  - Fixed a bug where ``DataFrame.replace`` with a compiled regular expression
+    in the ``to_replace`` argument wasn't working (GH3907_)
 
 .. _GH3164: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3164
 .. _GH2786: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/2786
@@ -331,6 +339,7 @@ pandas 0.11.1
 .. _GH3873: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3873
 .. _GH3877: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3877
 .. _GH3880: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3880
+.. _GH3907: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3907
 
 
 pandas 0.11.0

doc/source/v0.11.1.txt

@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ API changes
   - the ``method`` and ``axis`` arguments of ``DataFrame.replace()`` are
     deprecated
 
+  - ``DataFrame.replace`` 's ``infer_types`` parameter is removed and now
+    performs conversion by default. (GH3907_)
+
   - Add the keyword ``allow_duplicates`` to ``DataFrame.insert`` to allow a duplicate column
     to be inserted if ``True``, default is ``False`` (same as prior to 0.11.1) (GH3679_)
   - Implement ``__nonzero__`` for ``NDFrame`` objects (GH3691_, GH3696_)
@@ -356,6 +359,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 
   - ``DataFrame.from_records`` did not accept empty recarrays (GH3682_)
   - ``read_html`` now correctly skips tests (GH3741_)
+  - Fixed a bug where ``DataFrame.replace`` with a compiled regular expression
+    in the ``to_replace`` argument wasn't working (GH3907_)
 
 See the `full release notes
 <https://github.com/pydata/pandas/blob/master/RELEASE.rst>`__ or issue tracker
@@ -410,3 +415,4 @@ on GitHub for a complete list.
 .. _GH3877: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3877
 .. _GH3659: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3659
 .. _GH3679: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3679
+.. _GH3907: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3907