[Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-Dev] ANN: Numpy 1.6.0 beta 1

[Ralf Gommers]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Bruce Southey <bsouthey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/23/2011 11:07 AM, Ralf Gommers wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am pleased to announce the availability of the first beta of NumPy
>> 1.6.0. Due to the extensive changes in the Numpy core for this
>> release, the beta testing phase will last at least one month. Please
>> test this beta and report any problems on the Numpy mailing list.
>>
>> Sources and binaries can be found at:
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/1.6.0b1/
>> For (preliminary) release notes see below.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> Ralf
>>
>>
>>
> [snip]
> Python 3.1 failed to build it due to import error of _inspect module and
> Python2.4 failed 'test_iterator.test_iter_broadcasting_errors'. Yet all
> tests passed on Python versions 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7.
>
> Bruce
> PS I do want to go through the bugs I indicated but I have not found
> sufficient time.
>
> Python3.1 error:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 201, in <module>
>     setup_package()
>   File "setup.py", line 178, in setup_package
>     from numpy.distutils.core import setup
>   File
> "/home/bsouthey/python/numpystuff/numpy-1.6.0b1/numpy/distutils/__init__.py",
> line 22, in <module>
>     import numpy.distutils.ccompiler
>   File
> "/home/bsouthey/python/numpystuff/numpy-1.6.0b1/numpy/distutils/ccompiler.py",
> line 15, in <module>
>     from numpy.distutils.exec_command import exec_command
>   File
> "/home/bsouthey/python/numpystuff/numpy-1.6.0b1/numpy/distutils/exec_command.py",
> line 58, in <module>
>     from numpy.compat import open_latin1
>   File
> "/home/bsouthey/python/numpystuff/numpy-1.6.0b1/numpy/compat/__init__.py",
> line 11, in <module>
>     import _inspect
> ImportError: No module named _inspect

This is strange. I checked that numpy/compat/_inspect.py is present in
the tarball. What build command did you use, and can you give the
complete output of that command?

Ralf