Bug 198154

Summary:	[TRACKER] Deprecation of dev-python/numarray
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sébastien Fabbro (RETIRED) <bicatali>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Python Gentoo Team <python>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	djc, oli.huber, sci
Priority:	High	Keywords:	PMASKED, Tracker
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	175657, 196062, 223257, 223261, 223273, 326781
Bug Blocks:

Description Sébastien Fabbro (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-05 12:04:23 UTC

dev-python/numarray is not developed upstream anymore and is slowly being replaced by numpy, and numarray is buggy with python-2.5 (bug #191240).

So we should get numarray all dependent packages checked.
Here is a list of affected packages with possible resolutions:

dev-lang/gdl: work with upstream (sci)
dev-python/cgkit: do we need this package? (python)
dev-python/matplotlib: cleanup, already numpy ready (sci,python)
dev-python/pyfits/pyfits: cleanup, already numpy ready (sci)
dev-python/pyqwt/pyqwt: should bump to 5.0.x, bug #175657 (python)
dev-python/pytables: should bump to 2.0.x, bug #196062 (python)
dev-python/visual: work with upstream (python)
sci-libs/libscigraphica: remove, package buggy and unsupported upstream (sci)
sci-visualization/hippodraw: bump, work with upstream (sci)
sci-visualization/veusz: fix 1.0, does not need numarray anymore (sci)

Comment 1 Olivier Huber 2008-05-21 19:57:52 UTC

> dev-python/cgkit: do we need this package? (python)

cgkit will be a optional dependence for media-gfx/k3d-0.7.4.0 (I just need to polish the ebuild and submit it). In fact, according to http://cgkit.sourceforge.net/doc2/externaldeps.html cgkit does not depend on numarray. And according to http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/documentation/installation.html pyopengl don't depend on numarray, but on numpy, but pyopengl does not have a USE flag for it. I have no access to a gentoo box, so I have to rely on what different projects wrote on their website. I will try to submit an updated ebuild for pyopengl later this week.

Comment 2 Sébastien Fabbro (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-05-22 22:14:43 UTC

cgkit is now numarray free
Here is an update. 

Packages with numarray in old versions, but with these versions numarray free:

dev-python/pyfits-1.3 (being stabilized bug #223257)
dev-python/pytables-2.0.2 (being stabilized bug #223273)
dev-python/visual-4.0_beta26 (still masked)
sci-visualization/veusz-1.0-r1 (being stabilized bug #223261)

Packages to work out:
dev-python/pyqwt: slot 4 needs a bump and stabilization to 4.2.3
dev-lang/gdl: upstream not ready
sci-visualization/hippodraw: check
sci-libs/libscigraphica: still to punt

Comment 3 Dirkjan Ochtman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-10-19 08:35:50 UTC

Another update, numarray still appears in 4 other packages:

dev-python/visual-5.12 needs a fix for bug 271019
dev-lang/gdl still (even in 0.9_rc3) uses numarray (upstream seems almost dead)
dev-python/pytables-2.1 stabiliziation is problematic (in bug 223273)
dev-python/pyqwt-4.2-r1 has just-as-stable newer 5.1 version using numpy

Any other packages have been fixed.

Comment 4 Dirkjan Ochtman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-01-01 21:55:25 UTC

Another update:

dev-python/visual-5.1{2,3} are waiting for stabilization of boost-1.41.0
dev-lang/gdl still (even in 0.9_rc3) uses numarray

(pytables and pyqwt now only have newer versions in the tree.)

Comment 5 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-07-06 14:13:57 UTC

dev-python/numarray has been masked for deletion.