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    :maxdepth: 2
 
    v1.0.0
+   v1.0.1
 
 Version 0.25
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+.. _whatsnew_101:
+
+What's new in 1.0.1 (??)
+------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 1.0.1. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_101.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Categorical
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Datetimelike
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+Timedelta
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Timezones
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Numeric
+^^^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+Conversion
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Strings
+^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Interval
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Indexing
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Missing
+^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+MultiIndex
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+I/O
+^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Plotting
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Groupby/resample/rolling
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Reshaping
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Sparse
+^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+ExtensionArray
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Other
+^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_101.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~