[Numpy-discussion] Porting numpy to Python3

Algis Kabaila akabaila at pcug.org.au
Thu Feb 24 23:22:30 EST 2011


On Friday 25 February 2011 14:44:07 Algis Kabaila wrote:
> On Friday 25 February 2011 14:22:04 Bruce Southey wrote:
> > Python 3.1+ support occurred with numpy 1.5 that was
> > released last year (2010-08-31)  - 1.5.1 is the current
> > release. scipy 0.9 due very soon (release candidates are
> > available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/) also
> > supports Python 3 except for weave module.
> > 
> > Bruce
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> The link
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/
> responds with
> "Whoops, we can't find that page".
> I use Linux kubuntu 10.10 ("Maverick Meerkat") OS and
> installed numpy with lapac from the ubuntu binaries.  As
> ubuntu 10.10 was released on 2010-10-10 10:x the version on
> numpy is probably earlier than 1.5, so presumably I have to
> either wait a couple of months for the next ubuntu release
> or install from source.
> 
> Bruce, can you tell me how can I check the version of
> installed numpy?  There probably is a __version__ or
> something like that which would enable to verify.
> 
> Thanks for the answer - I unsuccessfully googled for the
> answer; I also recall my much earlier enquiries when the
> replies did not shed much light on the possible release
> date.
> 
> Your reply is very much appreciated - thank you!
> 
> Al.
PS: a little investigation shows that my version of numpy is 
1.3.0 and scipy is 0.7.2 - so ubuntu binaries are way behind the 
"bleeding edge"...
Al.
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