v6.1.0 RC testing

Testing of v6.1.0 Release Candidate(s)

You can install the RC with e.g.:

pip install "astropy[test]==6.1.0rc1"

and test it with:

python -c "import astropy; astropy.test(remote_data=True)"

This will produce a long sequence of dots and letters indicating the test is running. At the end, you should see something like

===========  23723 passed, 239 skipped, 124 xfailed, 1 xpassed, 2 pytest-warnings in 476.85 seconds ===========

If this shows no failures, you can report it in the table below as a "success", otherwise, put it as a "failure" (and if need be you can create an issue in the astropy issue tracker). You can also check that test suites for packages you maintain pass with this RC.

RC1

❌Failures

Name (real or Github)	Python version(s)	OS	Issue(s)	Notes	Release Critical
@pllim	3.12.1	RHEL 8	N/A	1 failure (test_ftp_tls_auto timed out)	No
@pllim	3.12.2	Windows 11	#14791, #16289	5 failed, covered by the 2 issues	No

✔️Successes

Name (real or Github)	Python version(s)	OS	Notes

Testing with coordinated/affiliated/other downstream packages

Package name	name (real or Github)	success or failure	Notes, links to issues, CI, etc
ctapipe	@maxnoe	success
synphot	@pllim	success	Had to release 1.4.0 but then it passed.
stsynphot	@pllim	success	rc-testing log
ginga	@pllim	success	Tests passed, photutils and matplotlib could not install but that is unrelated to Ginga.
stginga	@pllim	success	Had to release 1.5.1 but then it passed
astrowidgets	@pllim	success	rc-testing log
reftools	@pllim	success	rc-testing log
stsci.tools	@pllim	success	rc-testing log
acstools	@pllim	failure	Needs photutils release.
jdaviz	@pllim	success	Test passed but numpy was downgraded by something else (shapely?), not our problem.
gwcs	@nden	success
asdf-astropy	@bgraham	success