[Numpy-discussion] numpy1.4 dtype issues: scipy.stats & pytables

[David Cournapeau]

denis wrote:
> On 12/01/2010 17:41, Robert Kern wrote:
> 
>> It's not a bug, but it is a known issue. We tried very hard to keep
>> numpy 1.4 binary compatible; however, Pyrex and Cython impose
>> additional runtime checks above and beyond binary compatibility.
> 
> Robert, Josef,
>    are you saying that mac users shouldn't expect
> numpy-1.4.0-py2.6-python.org.dmg
> scipy-0.7.1-py2.6-python.org.dmg
> to "just work" together, download and go ?

It would not work for the concerned subpackages, no.

> If not, then the download pages should clearly say "... may not work with ..."
> (If they weren't tested together, that's imho a problem in the process;
> I realize that testing is hard work, no glory.)

It is not so much hard-work than time consuming, at least as long as we 
don't have automated testing of binaries.

Unfortunately, the problem was not caught properly during the beta phase,

David