From b24119d5461cbe772f3f5a98d62c0d2440e8736b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Hawkins <simonjayhawkins@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 12:26:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #40170: DOC: Start v1.2.4 release notes

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.3.rst |  2 +-
 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.4.rst | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.4.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index c9c31b408fb7e..8739694c20e33 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/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
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.3.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.3.rst
index c94491df474ab..dec2d061504b4 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.3.rst
+++ b/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
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.4.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..790ff4c78cad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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