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https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3981#issuecomment-665746983,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3981,665746983,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDY2NTc0Njk4Mw==,2448579,2020-07-29T15:52:17Z,2020-07-29T15:57:00Z,MEMBER,"Another possible outcome is that pandas becomes optional as part of the indexing refactor, and we expose Variable as public API.

BUT @shoyer has been consistent against making Variable public, so maybe the best option is to fork it out to `xarray-contrib/variable`?

EDIT: The git log for `variable.py` shows really minor changes over the past year or two (https://github.com/pydata/xarray/commits/master/xarray/core/variable.py) — mostly adding new method (e.g. pad & quantile) and some NEP-18 work. So it seems pretty stable and perhaps not much effort to exchange future patches between xarray and the fork.
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